BHOPAL: Resistance to Covid vaccination in rural areas of Madhya Pradesh is now taking a violent turn.
A team led by a woman tehsildar, which went to Malikhedi village of Ujjain district on Monday to motivate villagers for vaccination, was attacked by villagers belonging to the Pardi community. The Pardis have historically been involved in crimes in MP and adjoining Rajasthan.
While the women tehsildar, the auxiliary nurse midwife (ANM) and other team members escaped unhurt due to timely action by their car driver, their team member Shakil Mohammad Qureshi (who was the husband of local gram panchayat’s assistant secretary) sustained head injury in the attack.
Vaccine Team Hit With Rods by Mob In Rural Madhya Pradesh Vaccine Team Hit With Rods by Mob In Rural Madhya Pradesh The medical team had visited the village earlier also and locals were not ready to take the vaccine shots.
A case has been registered against four men for the attack
Bhopal:
A team led by a woman tehsildar (revenue official) that visited Malikhedi village of Ujjain district on Monday to motivate villagers for Covid vaccination was attacked by villagers belonging to the Pardi community.
The medical team had visited the village earlier also and locals were not ready to take the vaccine shots. When the team reached the village again on Monday morning and tried to persuade the locals to get vaccinated, some villagers allegedly attacked the husband of a woman panchayat office-bearer ( Shakil Mohammad Qureshi) , who was part the medical team.