Around a dozen persons were arrested in Moradabad on Wednesday after a crowd attacked health department officials who went to take samples for COVID-19 in the Nawabpura area of Nagpahani town of the district, police said. The area was declared a hotspot after a man from the area succumbed to coronavirus on April 13. The PPE suits of the team members were torn off. A police team led by Superintendent of Police Amit Anand had to rush with a local cleric to restore normalcy. Meanwhile, Uttar Pradesh governemnt said NSA will be slapped against the culprits in the Moradabad case and the damages recovered from them.

Source: The Hindu April 15, 2020 10:18 UTC