Ludhiana: Two days after a man died of suspected drug overdose, police are yet to arrest the couple who had allegedly sold him drugs. Meanwhile, a video of the man and his friend doing drugs has gone viral.
Deceased Balvir Singh, 26, of Cheemna village and his friend, Gurvinder Singh, had allegedly injected drugs at the drain near Malsihan Bajan on April 4.
Balvir’s father Rajinder Singh told cops, “My son would get drugs from Jelly and his wife. After I came to know of it, I went to Jelly’s house in Saleempura Tibba village and told him not to give my son drugs.”
Ludhiana: With as many as 40 students of various schools in the district testing positive for coronavirus last week, the spread of Covid-19 among the students has emerged as a big challenge for the authorities.
Although cases of infection among teachers and students have been reported since the reopening of schools last month, the rate of students testing positive has increased of late. Of the 86 students found infected with the virus in various schools of the district, nearly half (40) were tested positive last week only, according a health department data.
All the cases of infection among students reported last week came from two schools, including Government Senior Secondary School, Chaunta, from where 37 cases have been reported till now, while seven cases have surfaced in a private school in Samrala. A female teacher and a male peon of the Chauta school also tested positive last week.
Ludhiana: As many teachers of various government senior secondary schools have tested positive for Covid-19 over the past some days, the health department has asked the education department to share with them a list of all teachers. The health department plans to collect samples of teachers of all government senior secondary schools in the district to contain the spread of the virus.
Recently, 14 teachers of Government Senior Secondary School, Ghalib Kalan, Jagraon, had tested positive for Covid-19. One of them had succumbed to the disease on January 23. Days later, five teachers, including the principal, of Government Senior Secondary School, Gidder Widdi, Sidhwan Bet, were confirmed to have contracted the virus.