Truck driver who gave lift to Tablighi Jamaat members quarantined in Batala

A truck driver from Harshian village of Batala subdivision, who had given lift to three members of Tablighi Jamaat returning from Delhi, was put under quarantine

A truck driver from Harshian village of Batala subdivision, who had given lift to three members of Tablighi Jamaat returning from Delhi, was put under quarantine here on Friday

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Batala senior superintendent of police (SSP) Opinderjeet Ghuman said that after getting specific inputs, a police team along with officials from the health department rushed to Harshian and brought the driver to Batala civil hospital, where he has been quarantined. His samples were taken and were sent to Amritsar for coronavirus test.

The police said the driver had picked up Tablighi Jamat members from Delhi and dropped them at Amritsar.