Agartala: West Tripura District Magistrate Dr Shailesh Kumar Yadav has apologised for disrupting a wedding at Manikya Court, saying “he did not intend to hurt anyone’s sentiments” and the strict step was initiated for the bigger curiosity of the folks.
The District Magistrate, who raided alongside along with his group two marriage halls internet hosting marriage occasions regardless of night time curfew being imposed within the metropolis to include the unfold of second wave of the coronavirus, added the strict step was initiated for the bigger curiosity of the folks.
“I apologise if any individual or group is pained by last night’s action. But what was done last night was only for the benefit and well being of people. My aim was not to pain or humiliate anyone,” stated the 2013-batch IAS officer, who was earlier the Municipal Commissioner of Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC), whereas justifying the strict step.
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The incident reportedly occurred on Monday night time when the District Magistrate visited two marriage halls and ordered their closure for violating the night time curfew order issued beneath Section 144 of the CrPC.
As many as 31 folks, together with 19 ladies, had been detained from one marriage social gathering for violating the night time curfew and different Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) enforced to curb the Covid unfold whereas in one other raid at a wedding social gathering within the metropolis no detentions had been made, IANS reported.
In the video which is being broadly shared on social media, the District Magistrate is seen dragging the groom and priest by the collar at a wedding corridor and ordering the police to arrest all attendees for violating the Covid-19 norms.
Speaking to the media personnel current on the spot, Yadav alleged {that a} part of policemen, who had been hand-in-glove with the wedding events, allowed holding the ceremonies, thereby blatantly violating the federal government orders.
“All these individuals are extremely educated however they didn’t observe the norms amidst the alarming rise in coronavirus instances. These identical folks however will accuse the federal government of doing nothing. I additionally counsel suspending the officer-in-charge of the West Agartala police station,” the IAS officer stated.
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Authorities have imposed a corona night time curfew in Agartala Municipal Corporation space from 10 p.m. to five a.m. from Thursday onwards.
The order stated {that a} most of fifty % of the seating or corridor capability must be allowed in closed areas for any social, cultural, leisure or political gathering with a ceiling of 100 individuals whereas larger numbers could also be allowed in open areas based mostly on the dimensions of the bottom with a ceiling of 200 individuals.
