In the latest
development, Kapurthala Police has registered an FIR against comedian and
playback singer Sugandha Mishra for flouting the Covid-19 norms on her fairytale
wedding day that took place on April 26.
Notably, the comedian Mishra tied the nuptial knot with Dr. Sanket Bhosale at Club Cabana situated on GT Road on Jalandhar highway. However, nine days later when the couple was reliving the wedding moments through the videos, there came an action from the police as the video surfaced all over the internet.
Pertinently, the video of the wedding was shared by Sugandha herself on her Instagram handle, which police used as a piece of evidence to lodge an FIR against her. In the video, the wedding had nearly 100 people gathering whereas the permitted number was 40.
However, now the question arises, Sugandha’s wedding ceremony was the talk of the town. From the print media to the online media, her petty wedding details were in front of everyone. Then why Administration showed laxity in their duty? Why the Kapurthala Police did not visit the wedding venue on April 26 to check if the ceremony was taking place in compliance with the Covid-19 safety protocols or not?
Also, a video of reportedly a 'public figure' Simranjit Singh has shared a video on his social media account claiming that he had dialed 112 to lodge the complaint about Sugandha Mishra’s wedding ceremony. He, in his video, has also added that he saw DSP Joginder Singh in his convoy outside the wedding venue, who was merely gazing at the event but, did not take any action on the violators.
Moreover, the FIR has been registered in the name of Sugandha Mishra, her husband, and the hotel managers. Perhaps, the FIR does not reveal other names (Mishra's husband and hotel managers) and the home address is also missing which raises another question on the Kapurthala Police who has just taken the action to be “pretentious.”
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The delay in performing the duty has also put the intentions of the Kapurthala police in suspicion.
On the flip side, two days before Sugandha’s marriage, another video from the Kapurthala district of Punjab surfaced in which an elected representative of Phagwara was seen tossing the Covid-19 norms in the wedding.
In the video, Congress MLA Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal could be seen dancing and enjoying a wedding function of the city’s former councilor Davinder Sapra’s daughter. From the video, it was also assumed that there were more people at the party than allowed. Apart from this, no one in the video was seen wearing a mask or practicing social distancing norms.
Pertinently, both the comedian’s and the politicians’ wedding took place in the same week that too in the vicinity of Kapurthala, however, local police action has differed for both sides. As of now, no FIR has been registered against MLA Dhaliwal.
This is not the first time that a celebrity has been charged for covid protocol violation. Earlier, actor Jimmy Shergil and Gippy Grewal were also booked for the violation but later were set free. The actors were shooting for their upcoming movies; Jimmy in Ludhiana and Gippy in Rajpura.