NAGPUR: In all, 32
police personnel from Wathoda police station and another 15 from crime branch had to rush for
Covid testing on Friday after one of the accused, held on June 8 during ‘
Operation Crackdown’, was found Covid positive.
This is the second Covid scare for city police in the last 24 hours after two accused persons in custody and arrested in separate cases have tested positive. A day ago, Hudkeshwar police station’s 11 personnel had to be similarly tested but were relieved after results were negative.
Only two constables, both now discharged, have so far been found positive in the city police.
The second accused was in Wathoda police station on June 7 and 8. He was nabbed by the crime branch along with nine others while allegedly planning to commit dacoity. The crime branch had later handed over all 10 persons to Wathoda police where the offence was registered and investigation was conducted.
City police administration also got the police stations of Wathoda, Nandanvan and Sakkardara sanitized as the 10 accused were kept in the lock up of these places. The Hudkeshwar police station too was sanitized.
It is learnt some cops had got themselves tested at a private laboratory while some gave samples at IGGMCH and GMCH. State home minister Anil Deshmukh later announced the entire expenditure of testing for the police force will be borne by the government.