Man booked for threatening health staff
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On a complaint of Amloh SDM Anand Sagar Sharma, the Mandi Gobindgarh police have booked Jasvir Singh, a resident of Badinpur village, for allegedly misbehaving with a team of the Health Department.
The SDM said last evening, the Health Department team, consisting of a health worker, panchyat secretary and Asha worker, went to the village to quarantine a person at home.
He said as soon as they reached his house, one of the members of the family — Jsvir Singh — started misbehaving with the team, threatened them and pelted stones at them. The SDM said the team informed him in this regard and he immediately reached to the spot and the police were also informed.
A case under Sections 188, 353, 186 and 606 of the IPC and the Disaster Management Act was registered.
He called upon people to cooperate with the health teams. — OC