Faridkot inspector general Kaustubh Sharma tests positive for Covid-19

IG in home quarantine, health department collects samples of his office staff, initiates contact tracing

Faridkot: Faridkot range inspector general of police Kaustubh Sharma tested positive for Covid-19 on Saturday.

Faridkot range inspector general of police Kaustubh Sharma had chaired several meetings (HT Photo)

District epidemiologist Dr Anita Chauhan said that Sharma has been home quarantined. “The health department will collect samples of his office staff, while we have initiated contact tracing,” she said.

A health department official said that Sharma chaired various meetings in the district so several senior district officials could be contacts.

According to sources, Sharma visited Chandigarh recently.