CHANDIGARH: As many as 32 cops went to Bapu Dham Colony in Sector 26 — a containment zone having reported 37 Covid-19 cases so far — to assist medical teams without personal protective equipment (PPE) kits, in a violation of the directions of the central government.
Cops with just gloves and masks knocked on the doors of people, asking them to come out for screening, while a team of doctors wearing PPE kits checked these people.
A woman cop told TOI, “We were not given any PPE kit. We were told to assist medicos in screening suspected coronavirus patients.”
Sector 30 too has been declared a containment zone. Around 50 cops have been deployed in both Sector 30 and Bapu Dham round-the-clock.
The police department, on the other hand, claimed only a woman cop went inside the colony. Charanjit Singh Virk, DSP, PRO, said only constable Mamta had gone into the containment zone with a medical team without a PPE kit and was along with her family members put under quarantine for her safety. The other cops did not enter the “affected pocket”, he said.
Later, all the cops were provided PPE kits and then entered the zone with medical teams.
The department has already distributed PPE kits among the cops that have been deployed at the containment zone.
Cops were seen making announcements in affected areas and instructing people to remain inside their houses and if people were found roaming without a valid reason, they would be prosecuted as per law. Police also took the help of volunteers to enforce curfew and restrict movement of people.
Cops with just gloves and masks knocked on the doors of people, asking them to come out for screening, while a team of doctors wearing PPE kits checked these people.
A woman cop told TOI, “We were not given any PPE kit. We were told to assist medicos in screening suspected coronavirus patients.”
Sector 30 too has been declared a containment zone. Around 50 cops have been deployed in both Sector 30 and Bapu Dham round-the-clock.
The police department, on the other hand, claimed only a woman cop went inside the colony. Charanjit Singh Virk, DSP, PRO, said only constable Mamta had gone into the containment zone with a medical team without a PPE kit and was along with her family members put under quarantine for her safety. The other cops did not enter the “affected pocket”, he said.
Later, all the cops were provided PPE kits and then entered the zone with medical teams.
The department has already distributed PPE kits among the cops that have been deployed at the containment zone.
Cops were seen making announcements in affected areas and instructing people to remain inside their houses and if people were found roaming without a valid reason, they would be prosecuted as per law. Police also took the help of volunteers to enforce curfew and restrict movement of people.
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