PALGHAR :
An accused in the sensational mob lynching incident presently lodged at the Wada police lock-up, has tested COVID-19 positive hence putting the health and police personnel in a tizzy, stated District Civil Surgeon Dr Kanchan Wanere on Friday night.
As the accused has no travel history, the administration’s cause of concern has aggravated as it has begun vigorous contact-tracing of the personnel who came into the infected individual’s contact.
In an immediate preventive measure, 20 lock-up mates of the accused, as well as 23 policemen, have been placed under quarantine, Dr Wanere apprised, adding that the accused has been admitted at the government hospital.
According to sources, the pandemic test was conducted on all 110 accused, including nine juveniles, on April 18, and all of them were found to be negative.
The accused in Wada police lock-up was found to be COVID-19 positive when the second test was conducted on Friday. Now, the medical team is attempting to locate the kin of the accused to quarantine them.
Also, efforts are being made to check-on those staffers who came in contact with the accused when all of them were taken to court on April 30.
