Bypoll observer tests positive

Vadodara: Harpreet Singh, the election commission appointed observer for the Morva Hadaf assembly by-polls in Panchmahal district tested positive for Covid-19 in a rapid antigen test. He has quarantined himself in the circuit house at Godhra.
Singh, a 1991 batch IAS officer form the Telangana cadre, was appointed as the general observer for the by-elections.He was camping in Godhra since earlier this week and had been holding meetings as well as visiting the Morva Hadaf constituency. Panchmahal collector Amit Arora said that Singh had complained of body ache following which the antigen test was conducted. Singh tested positive following which his samples were also sent for a RTPCR test. Singh has isolated himself in a room at the circuit house. The election commission has been informed regarding the development, said Arora. tnn