120 guests made to leave wedding function for violating lockdown rules in Nizamabad

HYDERABAD: Guests, who came to attend a wedding, were made to leave a function hall in Nizamabad on Friday as they violated lockdown rules. Though the state government has made it clear that no function halls should be opened, a wedding was scheduled in a function hall at Nyakal Road in the city.
More than 120 guests had come for the wedding. Police got informed about the wedding taking place, following which they arrived and dispersed the guests.However, with the families of the bride and bridegroom pleading with the police, the wedding was allowed to go on but with only eight family members present during the ceremony. Police said they would issue a notice to the function hall owner for opening the function hall despite the order of the state government against allowing any function to take place.
Meanwhile, two more persons tested positive for Covid-19 in Nizamabad, including a 65-year-old woman from Armoor, who went to attend a function in Kamareddy. As she was not well, she was shifted to a corporate hospital in Hyderabad, where test report came positive. She has been shifted to Gandhi Hospital in Secunderabad.