Rajasthan: Groom's family to pay treatment of guests

Jaipur: A wedding in Rajasthan's Bhilwara has produced unexpected costs for the groom's family, which has been fined over Rs 6 lakh for violating coronavirus safety rules during the event, leading to 16 people getting infected and one death, according to News18 report.

Besides a fine of Rs 6.26 lakh, the groom's family has been order to pay for the treatment of 15 infected people - one person died -- the quarantine of 58 more guests, their food, the services at an isolation ward, virus tests and the use of ambulance by the infected people. The government will extract the cost from the groom's family.

The lavish wedding was held on June 13 in Bhilwara's Bhadada area. The groom's father, a fairly well-known businessman in the town, had pledged to follow all safety protocols during his son's wedding - masks, sanitisers and social distance.