Coronavirus: 37 Mecca pilgrims in Pilibhit booked for violating quarantine rules

The CMO said the group had removed the ‘home quarantine’ stamp marked by Mumbai airport authorities and did not contact the administration for medical check up. They also did not follow the advisory to stay in home quarantine for 14 days, said Agarwal.
Of the 37 people, a 70-year-old woman and her son (31) later tested positive for novel coronavirus and are undergoing treatment. The rest have been put under home quarantine.

After learning that they were allegedly flouting the quarantine instructions by meeting people, the district administration took them for medical examination on March 20.

Police on Sunday lodged an FIR against the 37 under IPC sections 270, 271 and 269, said station house officer of Amariya police station, Udai Veer Singh.

Police also invoked the Epidemic Disease Act.

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