4 Arrested For Pelting Stones At COVID-19 Health Officials In Indore

By OB Bureau On Apr 2, 2020

Attack on health workers in Indore. Source: NDTV

Indore: Police have arrested four people for pelting stones at health officials here on Wednesday.

Protesters in Taat Patti Bakhal area had attacked a team of five health officials who were trying to trace contacts of a patient who had tested positive for COVID-19. The protesters pelted stones and injured two women doctors, Indore’s chief medical and health officer Dr Pravin Jadia said.

इंदौर में एक कोरोना के संदिग्ध की जांच करने पहुंची स्वास्थ्यकर्मियों की टीम के साथ क्या बर्ताव हुआ, आप देख सकते हैं।

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One of the doctors reportedly said the police rescued them.

The police are trying to identify more violators based on video footage.