Patna: CID dog squad member, BMP jawan also test Covid-19 positive

PATNA: Two state security personnel have tested positive for Covid-19, including a member of the CID's dog squad posted in Patna and a jawan of the Bihar Military Police's Gorkha Vahini.
CID sources said the policeman attached to the dog squad was tested as a precautionary measure as he was scheduled to leave for a training programme in Hyderabad with 49 other colleagues.
Following the development, several CID personnel attached with the dog squad in Patna have pulled out of active duty as a precautionary measure.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said the jawan tested positive on Monday and he has been taken to an isolation centre for treatment.
The BMP jawan from the First Battalion, also known as Gorkha Vahini, tested Covid-19 positive after returning from his hometown Darjeeling after his leave ended. The jawan is associated with one of the four companies of the Vahini. He was deployed on law & order duty.
The jawan was living at the Rizwan Palace located near the Dak Bungalow roundabout which has the temporary office of a company of BMP-1.
The premises also houses small company offices of other BMP battalions which are deployed for law and order duty in Patna. Several others from the premises have been quarantined as a precaution.
Following the development, a section of the eastern flank of Fraser Road from Dak Bungalow roundabout going towards Patna Junction was shut on Tuesday by the district administration.
ADG (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar said contact tracing is being done after the BMP-1 jawan tested positive. "His report came in the last 24 hours. Rest of the battalion is safe as he was at a separate office in city. Necessary actions are being taken by the health department as well as the district administration as per protocol. The headquarters is monitoring the situation," he said.
The ADG said altogether 94 police personnel across the state have tested Covid-19 positive till now which includes the Gorkha Vahini jawan.
"Altogether 71 of them have already recovered. This includes all 46 BMP-14 jawans living inside the BMP-5 battalion premises in Patna," ADG Kumar added.