1,061 Mah cops test positive for COVID-19

A police constable controls migrants to avoid stampede like

situation outside Dharavi slums as they wait to take buses to reach a railway station and board a special train to their native places, during the ongoing COVID-19 nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai on Friday. (PTI)

MUMBAI ;

A TOTAL of 1,061 personnel of the Maharashtra police, including 112 police officers, have tested positive for COVID-19 so far, police said on Friday. Maharashtra police in its COVID-19 related action report informed that out of the total infected people, 174 have been cured while 9 have lost their lives. As many as 85 police personnel were injured while on duty during COVID-19 related activities, and 803 accused have been arrested in cases of assault on police personnel during the lockdown period, police informed.

A staggering number of 1,07,256 cases have been registered under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) Section 188 (Disobedience to order duly promulgated by public servant) ever since the nationwide lockdown. A total of 20, 471 people have been arrested so far for violating lockdown guidelines, 58, 291 vehicle seized and Rs. 4,25,80,094 fine recovered from offenders. Maharashtra is the worst-affected State due to COVID-19. According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), there are 27,524 confirmed COVID-19 cases in the State including 6,059 patients who have recovered and 1,019 people who have died from the infection. 3 cops hurt as group attacks after argument on face mask rule: A GROUP of at least 15 people allegedly attacked a police sub-inspector and two constables with sharp weapons at Antop Hill in central Mumbai after the policemen asked why they were not wearing face masks for protection from coronavirus, an official said on Friday. The incident took place at Kokhri Agar, Garib Nawaz Nagar on Thursday afternoon, where a police team stopped these people for not wearing masks, the official said.

“Those people entered into an argument with the police team over the issue and attacked the personnel. Over 15 people assaulted three policemen, including a PSI, with sharp weapons,” he said. The three policemen suffered injuries in the incident, the official added. An offence has been registered against the members of the group on the charge of rioting and other sections of the IPC, including 307 (attempt to murder), 353 (assault or criminal force to deter public servant from discharge of his duty), 332 (voluntarily causing hurt to deter public servant from his duty), and also under the COVID-19 rules, he said.