Guests attending a marriage ceremony in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhind district would not have imagined what they were made to do for attending the celebrations. A group of the ‘baraatis’ were made to do frog jumps by the police. Cops raided the wedding venue to check if lockdown rules were being followed. Nearly 300 people were present at the wedding in the village of Umari, in clear violation of Covid-19 lockdown restrictions. When the police swooped down on the venue, many of them managed to escape. Those caught by the cops were made to do frog jumps on a street by the side of a field. After the punishment, they were warned against attending any such gathering till lockdown restrictions and later, let off. Madhya Pradesh added 5,065 coronavirus cases on May 19, taking its infection tally to over 7.47 lakh. 7,227 people have died due to the virus in the state.
