Tasaduq Hussain
Kupwara, Apr 12: The Jammu and Kashmir Police have registered a case against a boy from Muqam Shahwali for concealing his travel history who later tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. Two close contacts of the person also tested positive on Saturday.
A police official told KNO that case against the boy was registered for concealing the travel history and exposing the whole local population to this deadly virus.
He said that the boy having travel history of Delhi Nizamuddin, had reported back to his home on March 22 and kept roaming in his immediate neighbourhood for more than 15 days. The native place of youth (now positive) has been declared as red zone, the official said.
Official sources said that aggressive contact tracing was done, during which his family members including the relatives and some contacts were put in quarantine.
Among the contacts, two of his relatives tested positive for Novel Coronavirus on Saturday, while the whole population is still under the tight grip of fear since the locals claimed that the boy was seen roaming freely in the area and was part of several cricket matches and drove several vehicles.
Kupwara Police have registered a case under FIR No. 70 under Indian panel code (IPC) against the youth for concealing his travel history.