Satna cops had sezied the oxygen cylinders during a raid
BHOPAL: Satna district administration and police on Sunday confiscated more than 600 oxygen cylinders from Satna and Rewa district and distributed them to various hospitals.
One person identified as Rajeev Kumar Jain has been taken into custody under various sections of Epidemics Act and Black-Marketing Act. He is proprietor of Vindhya Engineering. During the raid at his godown, police made repeated calls for his presence, but he didn’t turn up. Later, the locks were opened in the presence of independent witnesses. “His brother had a license for oxygen supply to areas within jurisdiction of Rewa district. He, however, failed to produce any documents relevant to over 500 oxygen cylinders that were found in his possession in Satna district and some LPG cylinders,” said Dharamveer Yadav, SP Satna district.
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Takes COVID-19 positive poll official in his car to GRH
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Collector T. Anbalagan drives his car to take a COVID-19 positive official to Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Saturday.
Takes COVID-19 positive poll official in his car to GRH
At a time when there is fear and stigma associated with COVID-19 patients, Madurai Collector T. Anbalagan drove his car to take a COVID-19 positive Election Observer to Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH) as other drivers refused to travel with the poll official due to fear of contracting the infection.
Dharamveer Yadav, a police Election Observer of Madurai, tested positive for COVID-19. An official from the district administration said that Mr. Yadav had to travel to GRH on Saturday. However, the deputed drivers for the official refused to drive the car due to fear of contracting the virus.