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In Tamil Nadu, youths organize ‘Corona feast’, post video on Tik-Tok, 10 arrested

For the ‘Corona feast’, they brought rice, meat and other ingredients at a farmland in Veeranam region. They cooked the food there and feasted sitting close to each other.

New Delhi: It is second such incident of brazen violation of lockdown in Tamil Nadu in last 10 days. A group of youngsters organized ‘Corona feast’ in Salem district, shot a video and posted it on social media platform.

For the ‘Corona feast’, they brought rice, meat and other ingredients at a farmland in Veeranam region. They cooked the food there and feasted sitting close to each other, openly flouting the rules rather making a mockery of law.

Soon after the video caught attention of police, 10 youths were arrested for the joyride.

This comes at a time when Salem district is under 3 days complete lockdown.

Previous ‘Corona feast’ in Thanjavur, TN

On April 18, a couple of people assembled on the outskirts of Kabisthalam, cooked and ate food, sitting in close quarters when the Covid-19 lockdown was in force.

The matter came to light after its video was uploaded on Facebook and a police complaint was lodged by the Village Administrative Officer.