The Palamu district authorities of Jharkhand ordered investigations into allegations that COVID-19 norms were not followed during the inauguration of a hotel attended by Bollywood actor Urmila Matondkar on Thursday, an official said.
Local people complained to the administration about the alleged violation of COVID-19 restrictions during the programme in the hotel at Medininagar, the district headquarters, Palamu Deputy Commissioner Shashi Ranjan said.
The matter would be investigated by a senior official of the district administration, the deputy commissioner said.
The hotel management, however, denied that COVID-19 norms were violated during the inauguration.
The Bollywood actor, who was the chief guest of the event, informed the hotel management that due to COVID-19, she would attend it for an hour, and not two hours as scheduled earlier, an official of the hotel said. Matondkar addressed the gathering online from a closed room, the official claimed. She then left for Ranchi from where she would take a flight for Mumbai.