Eight held for holding wedding ceremony in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: In an action against those violation standard operating procedures issued by the government to curb COVID-19 infection, police on Saturday conducted raid at a marriage ceremony in Faisalabad and apprehended at least eight guests and hotel staff, ARY News reported.

According to the details, a wedding ceremony was underway at the local hotel in Faisalabad when the police reached there and took at least eight wedding guest and the hotel staff into custody.

Meanwhile, taking advantage of uproar, groom Waseem and the bride managed to escape from the scene. The police shifted the detainees to the hospital for COVID-19 test.

Police sources said that an FIR will be registered against the detainees after all legal requirements were completed.

Earlier on April 23, a unique marriage ceremony had taken place in Karachi, where a groom came on a motorbike to take his newly wedded wife.

As per details, the groom had reached at his in-laws house along with two witnesses for Nikkah on motorbikes due to lockdown and social distancing amid coronavirus outbreak.

In a video available with ARY News, the newly wedded couple could be seen on the bike after Nikkah, ready to leave for their home.