11 highway travellers put under quarantine

Mubashir Aalam Wani

Srinagar, Apr 16: At least 11 youth and a truck driver, who were travelling from Jammu to Srinagar, were stopped at Batote and later put under quarantine at Ramban while as their samples were also taken, officials told KNO.

Additional Superintendent of Police (SP) Ramban district Sanjay Parihar said that 11 boys and a truck driver were travelling in a truck and they were stopped and their samples taken immediately. ā€œThey have been put under quarantine at Ramban,ā€ he said.

Deputy Commissioner Ramban Nazim Ziya Khan said, ā€œTheir samples have been taken and they will have to remain under mandatory quarantine for 14 days at Ramban.ā€

He said it is being ascertained wherefrom actually these youth belong to and where they were going. ā€œThey were heading towards Srinagar from Jammu,ā€ he added.

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