Accused in child trafficking case tests positive for Covid-19

Rahul Tawar
Ludhiana: The Covid-19 positive report of one of the 12 persons arrested on charges of child trafficking has alarmed Government Railway Police (GRP) officials. Soon after receipt of the report, railways officials shifted the accused to a quarantine home.
Railway police also got RT-PCR test done on all the 12 accused and the 15 rescued children on Sunday. Rest of the accused and the children tested negative. Police rescued the children from the Bihar-bound Karmabhoomi Express when it arrived at platform number 2 of the city railway station on Friday.
Government railway police have issued directions for Covid-19 test of all seven to eight local officials who came in close contact with the accused during preliminary investigations. The government railway police station premises has been sanitised.
Balbir Singh Ghuman, SHO, government railway police (Ludhiana), said, “A day after conducting the Covid-19 test of all the 12 accused, one of them was found to be positive on Monday afternoon. We have identified seven to eight local officials of the government railway police who will undergo Covid-19 test in the next few hours.” He said government railway police has also shared details with railway officials, including ticket checking staff who inspected the ticket of all the 12 accused.