MUMBAI: Acting on Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s complaint, the Powai police on Thursday registered an FIR against a woman for violating quarantine rules and leaving her apartment that was sealed after the detection of a positive case on the same floor.
Civic officials said that in the wake of rising cases, those violating quarantine norms will be dealt with sternly.
The woman, a resident of Everest Heights in Powai, was seen leaving her apartment on the 17th floor despite the entire floor being sealed by health officials.
On February 14, officials had sealed the floor after a 48-year-old man had tested positive for Covid-19.
Mumbai: Woman booked for violating COVID-19 norms in Powai
Mumbai Police
Mumbai: Powai Police have booked a woman under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly violating Covid-19 norms on Thursday. The woman, a resident of a high-rise in Powai, had stepped out of her house despite civic authorities having sealed the floor on which she resided after a resident tested positive for coronavirus.
On February 14, a resident of Everest Heights, Lake Homes, living on the 17th floor of the high-rise, had tested positive for Covid-19 and the floor was subsequently sealed, after which all the residents were asked to strictly home-quarantine. When a medical health officer visited the spot on Wednesday to check whether the floor residents were in compliance with the quarantine norms, he learnt that one of the residents on that floor, Kamiya Verma, was not at home and had reportedly gone out of station for work.
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