101 hide in truck to return to native in Alwar, held

TNN | Apr 19, 2020, 04:40 IST

Most of the detainees are labourers from Morbi

Palanpur: The Amirgadh police in Banaskantha on Saturday detained 101 people including 41 women and 21 children, who were trying to reach Alwar in Rajasthan, while hiding in a multi-axle truck.
Police sub-inspector D J Desai said that all have been booked under the relevant sections of the Epidemic Act.
According to police, most of the detainees are labourers and their family members from Morbi. They were hiding in a truck and were being transported to Alwar.
They were caught during checking at Amirgadh check-post. The driver and cleaner of the truck, however, managed to escape.
Police said that the labourers had come from Alwar to work in cotton farms. They were working in different villages of Maliya Miyana taluka of Morbi.
They were stranded in Morbi because of the lockdown as they had not work. All have been shifted to shelter home in Ambaji town of Banaskantha.