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Duo ‘absconding’ after testing COVID-19 positive in Poonch; FIR sought

May 22, 2021
The Dispatch Staff
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Authorities on Saturday sought registration of a FIR against two persons who allegedly “absconded” after testing positive for the COVID-19 in J&K’s Poonch district.

News agency GNS quoted a letter by Naib Tehsildar Chadak to SHO Poonch wherein he has stated that the accused duo aged 22 and 24 years tested positive at COVID-19 centre in Kalai Bridge area.
As per the NT’s letter, the duo absconded from the testing point soon after testing positive for the contagion.

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Moreover, the two youth “misbehaved with the COVID-19 testing team, claims the letter.

The official has reportedly sought a FIR against the infected duo for fleeing the centre and thereby putting general population at the risk of contracting the virus.

 

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