BAGALKOT: A
police constable has tested
positive for
Covid-19 in
Bagalkot. It is assumed that he is the first to test positive for coronavirus among the frontline staff in the state.
According to sources, the constable was originally posted at
Jamkhandi police station and was later deputed to neighbouring
Mudhol police station. He was deployed at a madarasa located at Sai Nagar in Mudhol where 25 people took part in a ‘namaz’ on March 27.
The police had resorted to
lathicharge to disperse the 25 persons who were also sent to isolation wards in Bagalkot later. Later, on April 7, a 33-year-old youth, who had allegedly come from Gujarat, was tested postive for Covid-19.
The 39-year-old constable, identfied as P-263, was staying at police quarters in Jamkhandi and used to travel to Mudhol on a daily basis.
He had been taken to isolation ward in Bagalkot by health officials on random basis. As soon as he tested positive, the district administration declared the police quarters in Jamkhandi as a containment area. It’s learnt that over 20 police officials have been quarantined and their samples collected for Covid-19 test. “Now the condition of the constable is stable. We are finding out his primary contacts,” said Bagalkot SP Lokesh Jagalasar in an audio clip.