Migrant labourer creates coronavirus scare in Bengaluru
Bengaluru: A slum in Hongasandra municipal ward of Bengaluru has become a COVID-19 hotspot and has been completely sealed after some people contracted the coronavirus from a migrant labourer, an official said on Thursday.
Medical Education minister K Sudhakar, who visited the area, told reporters that it has been decided to conduct tests on every citizen there and added that 184 people have been quarantined at the designated places.
According to the health official, the 54-year-old labourer from Bihar, who has been identified as patient number 419, had fever and cough but his room partners and friends did not take it seriously.
When his condition grew serious, he was admitted to the hospital where tests confirmed that he was infected with the virus, the official added.
The ward corporator Bharathi Ramachandra told PTI that nine others, who were in contact with him, tested positive on Thursday. "There are about 200 migrant labourers from Bihar living in this area," Bharathi said.
The entire area with a population of around 1,000 people now wears a deserted look with houses either locked or residents locking themselves up from the inside.
The health workers carried out spraying and fogging in the region. During the contact tracing, it emerged that the labourer worked for the Metro Rail.
After the lockdown, he had worked for a grain merchant and unloaded many sacks of foodgrains in many houses, an health officer said.
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Mangaluru: Absconding accused in theft, cattle slaughter cases held after eight years
Mangaluru: A special police team has arrested a man who had been absconding since 2018 in connection with theft and cattle slaughter cases registered under various police stations in the city police commissionerate, Deccan Herald reported.
Commissioner of Police Sudheer Kumar Reddy C H said the accused has been identified as Aboobakkar Siddiq, also known as Kapri Siddiq, a resident of Paivalike in Uppala, Kasaragod district. He said three non-bailable warrants (NBWs) issued by the court were pending against him in separate cases registered at Ullal, Konaje and Kankanady police stations.
The accused is involved in theft cases registered at Ullal police station and cases under the Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act at Konaje and Kankanady police station limits.
The commissioner said the accused had been evading arrest and failing to appear before the court for the past eight years. A special team was formed to trace absconding warrants accused in the city.
Based on information about his movements, a team led by PSI Siddappa arrested him. He was handed over to Ullal police station for further legal procedures and later produced before the court, which remanded him in judicial custody.
