A man of God along with couples getting married in his Church auditorium have been arrested by the Police in South Africa.
The police arrested along over forty guests who violated the coronavirus lockdown order in the country.
The police men invaded the church premises while the ceremony was ongoing and arrested them. They are being held in police cells at Empangeni Station, news media report.
The police Officer Naidoo said;
“People are still taking chances, not realising the seriousness of this virus.
“For now, I don’t think they can have any reasonable explanation for continuing with that wedding. We will be interviewing each one individually.
“The charges will be put to them, they have definitely contravened the regulations of the Disaster Management Act.
“The prosecutor will guide us on exactly which charges will be preferred against them. I don’t think we can be expecting any explanation from them at this point in time unless we have spoken to the senior prosecutor.”
It is expected that those arrested for violating the lockdown order will be arraigned in court today, April 6.
