THANJAVUR: A youth was arrested and a few others booked on Thursday for organising a feast at

village in Thanjavur on Wednesday in violation of section 144. They had uploaded a video of the it on Facebook titled

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Based on a complaint lodged by VAO Divyakumari, the Kabisthalam

arrested Sivaguru, 29, one of the organisers of the event and booked Sakthivel, Shankar, Manikandan and a few other residents of the village under CrPC 188, IPC section 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 3 of the Epidemic Diseases Act and section 67 of the IT Act.

Police said Sivaguru and the others cooked the food at a secluded place on the outskirts of the village on Wednesday and consumed it on plantain leaves facing each other. During interrogation, the youths stated that they had conducted the event just for fun, inspector Ganthimathi said.