Noida (UP): A DJ was arrested for playing “very loud music” after 10pm during a wedding reception in Noida in violation of the law, a senior official said Friday.
The approximately 20-year-old DJ Akash Shrivastava played the music on Thursday evening in the community center of Sector 39 during the event, the administration said.
“The administration and police were on an inspection in public places when they reached the community center where music was playing at very high volume around 12 o’clock in the morning,” said city magistrate Shailendra Mishra.
One case was registered in an official statement under the Noise Pollution (Regulation and Control) Act 2000 and the Environment Protection Act 1986.
“The DJ was arrested and taken to prison,” said the city magistrate.
The government said it had notified other people in Noida who had booked the DJ, a resident of a New Ashok Nagar in Delhi, about events such as weddings and asked them to take their money back.
“Everyone who booked him for programs was notified and asked to be refunded if the DJ performed that night. Legal action could be proposed against the organizers of the event,” he said.
In the meantime, the father of the woman, whose wedding ceremony was held on Thursday evening at the Sector 39 Noida community center, said there was no problem with the wedding ceremony because of this.
“We are not aware of the arrest. But the wedding went off without any problems as the ‘Bidaai’ was held this morning, he told PTI.