Padra man arrested for ferrying liquor tests positive

Vadodara: A prohibition case accused, who was arrested in Padra on May 8, tested positive for coronavirus on Sunday.
Rahul Patel, 33, was tested immediately after he was nabbed on Sokhdakhurd Road in Padra town as per protocol.
On Sunday, his positive report arrived following which six cops of Padra police station, who had directly and indirectly come in contact with him were sent on leave. Patel is first patient of coronavirus in Padra town.
“The six staff members will be home quarantined for precautions for two weeks. We have informed health department about it. Their samples will be collected for test once the health department decides on it,” said inspector S A Karmur of Padra police station.
On Sunday, as the case was reported the entire area of Odhavbhula Ni Khadki where Patel lives was sanitized.
By evening, the locality was also sealed for cluster quarantine of the residents. A team of district administration and health department also visited the area for contact tracing of people who had come in contact with Patel.
Patel was arrested on May 8 when he was transporting 14 quarter-sized bottles of Indian made foreign liquor. Patel had told police that he got the liquor from Ranjit Patanwadiya of Ankhi village in Vadodara district and was going to deliver it to his brother Umesh alias Monto Patel.