Five who attacked cops test positive for Covid-19, Vadodara count reaches 253

Jay Pachchigar | TNN | Apr 28, 2020, 11:15 IST

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VADODARA: Five rioters among 10 people who were arrested on Monday for attacking cops from Karelibaug police station tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday taking the total number of positive cases in Vadodara district to 253.
While details of the five persons will be shared by Vadodara municipal corporation by Tuesday noon, police officials confirmed that five rioters’ reports arrived positive. As all the 10 accused were taken to police station after their arrest, an assistant commissioner of police and members of the detection squad of police station will now undergo home quarantine.
“We will also get ourselves tested as several of us had come in contact while nabbing during the melee,” said a sub-inspector of Karelibaug police station.
The 10 rioters were among 17 who were booked on Monday for pelting stones and glass bottles on police near Kasamhala mosque in Nagarwada area. The group had gathered in the area after the ‘sehri’ ritual on Monday early morning. ‘Sehri’ is the meal consumed early in the morning before starting the fast in Ramzaan. When the police asked them to disperse, a few of the men got furious and started hurling abuses and threatened the cops.
When warned, two of the accused Rizwan Lakhajiwala and Nazeer Sindhi instigated others. The mob started pelting stones and glass bottles at the cops. Later when additional police staff arrived, the mob started running away but 10 of them were arrested.