Cops sanitize police station after accused tests positive

Rajkot: The officials of Kalavad taluka police station had to sanitize the entire police station and put 20 persons under quarantine after an accused in a suicide abetment case tested Covid-19 positive on Wednesday.
Police said the accused, identified as Vijay Chauhan, was booked for the suicide abetment of his sister-in-law Rekha Chauhan.
Rekha had ended her life by consuming pesticide on April 10 due to the harassment allegedly caused by her in-laws. Vijay was arrested along with two other accused in the case.
“As it is mandatory, we sent the accused to conduct Covid-19 test on them. After the test result of Vijay confirmed him Covid-19 positive, we sanitized the entire police station and put 20 persons under quarantine which included 17 from Vijay’s extended family and three cops from our police station,” said an official from Kalavad taluka police station.