A case was filed in the Bhawanigarh police station against an NRI from New Zealand for getting married on March 22, 2020, ways before completing his 14 days of quarantine.
The NRI landed in India on March 10, 2020 and was supposed to be under quarantine till March 24, 2020 to prevent the risks and spread of the deadly coronavirus. The police are currently looking out for him.
The Station House Officer at the police station stated saying, “Prabhjot Singh had come from New Zealand to his native village Bimbri on March 10 and we had asked him to stay away from others for 14 days, as per the directions of the Punjab government. We had also asked him to get married at his village house after he expressed unwillingness to change the wedding date.”
The SHO also further relayed saying that a police party had been sent to his house on March 21, 2020 to ask his family to convince him about postponing the date of the marriage.
But, not listening to the cops and the rules impose, he went out to Fazilika and got married on March 22, 2020 violating the quarantine period that he was advised with. The case has been registered against him and investigation is being conducted.
