20 wedding attendees quarantined in Panadura

Twenty persons including eight females who had attended a wedding ceremony at a home at Pallemulla in Panadura in violation of quarantine laws have been quarantined for 14 days at the same place.

Police Spokesman Senior DIG Ajith Rohana said after the end of their quarantine period, legal action would be taken under the provisions of the Quarantine Law and the Penal Code.

The raid was carried out by the health authorities and the police following information received that a wedding was being held in the Pallemulla area violating quarantine regulations.

The spokesman said many of those attendees had already left at the time of the raid.(DSB)