BENGALURU/NEW DELHI: Padarayanapura area in Bengaluru turned into a garrison on Monday, hours after mobs attacked health care workers in the area who visited the area to isolate contacts of Covid positive patients, with hundreds of policemen, including gun-wielding Garuda force personnel, stationed at vantage points across the ward.
Police arrested 54 people including a woman in connection with Sunday night’s violence. The entire ward – which has thrown up 19 positive cases – was declared a containment zone and residents are barred from stepping out of their houses.
Meanwhile in Delhi, adopting a tough approach towards reports of violations of lockdown guidelines in Covid-19 hotspots and attacks on medical personnel, the home ministry has deployed teams to make on-the-spot assessments and named Indore, Mumbai, Pune, Jaipur, Kolkata and seven other places in West Bengal as areas of serious concern with regard to spread of the disease.
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