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MUMBAI: Police have booked four travellers from Dubai after they slipped out of institutional quarantine within a day of checking in. The police are now looking for the quartet.
The travellers had landed at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport on February 10. They checked into Golden Nest Hotel at Andheri east, which is a designated quarantine hotel for international travellers. But when a BMC doctor went to check on them the next day, the four had disappeared. The doctor then complained to the civic officer and, on Friday, a complaint was lodged at Andheri police station. Those booked include Sushil Sabnis from Ambernath, Zubair Mohammad Ghalte from Murud in Raigad, Nikita Chandar from Ulhasnagar and Swapan Chandradas from Kalyan.
Andheri: Four booked for fleeing quarantine centre
ByVallabh OzarkarVallabh Ozarkar / Updated: Feb 21, 2021, 08:17 IST
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Four people, including a woman, who arrived from Dubai have been booked by the Andheri police for allegedly fleeing the institutional
quarantine centre earlier this month.
According to the police, the four had arrived from Dubai on February 10, and as per the government’s guidelines those coming from Europe or the Middle East and testing negative for Covid-19 had to undergo a mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine at a hotel followed by a seven-day quarantine at their home.
The accused, Sushil Sabnis, Zuber Ghalte, Nikita Chander and Swapan Chandradas, were dropped at a hotel in Andheri for the quarantine.
Updated Feb 21, 2021 | 16:10 IST
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Mumbai: Amid a surge in Maharashtra Covid-19 cases, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) lays down new guidelines to help curb the spread of the coronavirus. Mumbai Police has booked four people, including a woman who arrived from Dubai for fleeing institutional quarantine.
According to the Andheri police, the accused had arrived from Dubai on February 10. People coming from Europe and the Middle East had to undergo a mandatory seven-day institutional quarantine at a hotel followed by a 7-day quarantine period at their home, as per the new guidelines.