Over 300 passengers flee Silchar airport in Assam to avoid COVID-19 test
Action would be taken against the evading air passengers under section 188 of the IPC, the police said.
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Updated: Apr 22, 2021, 05:05 PM IST
In a shocking news, over 300 passengers escaped the mandatory COVID-19 testing at Assam's Silchar airport.
Southern Assam's Cachar district Additional Deputy Commissioner Sumit Sattawan said that they are collecting details of all the air travellers and then legal action would be taken against them.
"Action would be taken against the evading air passengers under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code (disobedience to order)," Sattawan told the media.