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Meerut: The police have arrested two people in Meerut for allegedly chasing away and attacking health workers with stones when they were trying to admit a coronavirus patient to a government hospital in Meerut.
The incident happened on Saturday evening in a locality in Meerut, the Indian Express reported.
The family of the accused along with others also tried to hold a health worker captive, but he managed to escape.
An FIR has been lodged at the Partapur police station regarding the matter.
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Meerut: The police have arrested two people in Meerut for allegedly chasing away and attacking health workers with stones when they were trying to admit a coronavirus patient to a government hospital in Meerut.
The incident happened on Saturday evening in a locality in Meerut, the Indian Express reported.
The family of the accused along with others also tried to hold a health worker captive, but he managed to escape.
An FIR has been lodged at the Partapur police station regarding the matter.
“We are trying to identify others involved in the incident.
More arrests are likely,” Additional SP K K Bishnoi, also acting in-charge of Partapur police station told The Indian Express.
According to the FIR, a team of health workers led by Dr Manish Kumar reached Meerut’s Mohiddinpur locality to get 30-year-old Covid-19 positive Sukhbir Singh admitted to a government hospital.