Five arrested in riot case test positive

Five accused, who were arrested in a rioting case, have tested positive for Covid. Four of them were arrested by the Ambernath police and one by Kapurbawdi police.

Five accused, who were arrested in a rioting case, have tested positive for Covid. Four of them were arrested by the Ambernath police and one by Kapurbawdi police.

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The 30 police personnel from the two police stations will undergo Covid test if they develop any symptoms.

According to Ambernath police, they arrested the four accused in an attempt to murder and riot case the last week. The court has remanded them in police custody till Tuesday. Later, they were granted judicial custody and before sending them to jail, they had to undergo Covid test as per protocol. The report showed they were infected.

S Dhumal, senior inspector of Ambernath police station, said, “The four accused, between 35 and 40 years, are also wanted in other cases too. On Thursday, they were to be sent to judicial custody. After their report showed they were Covid positive, we informed the Ambernath Municipal Council.”

The police station has been sanitized. “None of our personnel has any symptoms. We are not going to conduct their test now,” said Dhumal.

Ambernath police station has a total of 130 personnel.

Two days ago, a 38-year-old accused, who was arrested by Kapurbavdi police in a riot case, tested positive. According to the police, the accused and three others were arrested. He was showing symptoms of coronavirus so the police got him tested. After his report showed that he was positive, the police informed the Thane Municipal Corporation. The other three were sent to quarantine centre.

Deputy commissioner of police Avinash Ambure said, “We have sanitized the police station and checked the health of 15 police personnel who had arrested him. If we find any symptom, we will quarantine them.”

All the accused who tested positive have been admitted to Thane civil hospital.