The Shyamla Hills police late on Friday night registered an FIR against a so-called journalist who had attended former Chief Minister Kamal Nath press briefing on March 20 and later tested positive for COVID-19. The man also had misbehaved with the physicians after he was tested positive for this fatal virus. The middle aged person had contracted this virus from her daughter who had recently returned to Bhopal from London. Besides attending the press conference at the CM house, Scribe had visited several Government establishments including MP Assembly. The daughter of the said scribe was tested positive for the virus on March 22. After her close contacts where screen, her father tested positive on March 25 sending the journalist fraternity in the state capital into a tizzy. When the health staff had reached scribe's house, he had misbehaved with them and also wasn't ready to be hospitalized. The administration had advised scribes who were present at CM House presser to self isolate and contact Government helpline in case of any health issues. On Friday late evening, the Shyamla Hills police lodged an FIR against the journalist under sections 188, 269, 270 and 67/20, of the IPC on on the charges of slackness and miss behaving with the government health staff. On Saturday, former agriculture minister Sachin Yadav also announced on the twitter that he had kept himself in self isolation following a journalist testing positive for covid-19. Along with others, Yadav was also present at CM house on March 20. Earlier, Principal Secretary of state assembly AP Singh had put himself in self isolation and also advised his staff members to do the same. The journalist also had visited the Assembly on March 20. Till now, capital has reported three positive cases including the girl and her father and a railway guard who lives in the old city area. Houses of theirs have been put under isolation along with the area concerned by the district administration on Friday. The administration had put hundreds under home quarantine as per precautionary measure. Since March 22, the police in Bhopal has lodged 87 cases against those who have violated preventive guidelines issued by the administration over covid-19 scare.

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