Five Covid patients flee home isolation in Gurugram, travel to native places

Sanjay Yadav

Gurugram, August 6

Five Covid positive patients have fled Gurugram to their native villages within hours of testing positive.

All of them lived in same rented accommodation in Mullahera village and have been booked by police along with their landlord who allegedly ‘urged’ them to leave.

An FIR under Sections 269, 270, 188 of the IPC and Disaster Management Act has been filed at Palam Vihar police station and health authorities are trying to trace and contact them. All five who are suspected of travelling back in public transport may have infected many.

According to the complaint filed by Dr Harmit Kaur, head of PHC, Mullahera village, Deepak (26), Vijay (47), Vakeel (24), Vishwamitra (33) were found Covid positive on August 1 and 2. Sanjay (38) was found positive on July 28. All five lived as tenants in a house in Balbir Colony in Mullahera village. After testing positive they were asked to go for home isolation but they fled and a neighbour called police. After getting information the police rider visited the house but found all of them missing.

“The health department has records of their Aadhaar cards and mobile numbers. The mobiles are not reachable and we are trying to trace them,” said ASI Gyanender, the investigating officer.

“Prior to this also we had similar instances and had filed FIR and we need stricter authoritative and community vigilance. Such people are risk to hundreds of people,” said a senior health official.