124 more succumb to Covid in Haryana, 7,774 test positive

Protesters ordered to donate to Covid care fund

CHANDIGARH: Haryana on Tuesday recorded 7,774 fresh Covid-19 cases while 124 people succumbed to the virus even as 14,897 recovered in the last 24 hours across state, according to the health bulletin.

Of the 7,774 fresh cases, Gurugram recorded the highest of 1,247 new cases, Faridabad 429, Sonepat 408, Hisar 630, Ambala 178, Karnal 377, Panipat 154, Rohtak 325, Rewari 280, Panchkula 270, Kurukshetra 164, Yamunanagar 317, Sirsa 691, Mahendergarh 298, Bhiwani 530, Jhajjar 452, Palwal 262, Fatehabad 174, Kaithal 74, Jind 332, Nuh 55 and Charkhi Dadri 127. The highest of 14 people died in Gurugram, 10 each in Hisar and Karnal, eight each in Faridabad, Ambala and Rewari, nine in Jind, and six in Charkhi Dadri.

CHANDIGARH: Granting bail to four Nuh residents accused of assaulting and obstructing government officials from doing their duty, a Mewat court on Monday ordered the accused to deposit Rs 5,000 each in the Red Cross Fund of the Nuh deputy commissioner under the Covid care head.

In his order, additional sessions judge (ASJ), Mewat, Prashant Rana said the exemplary cost is being imposed on the accused so that in future, no person obstructs work of frontline workers during the pandemic and the damage caused by the accused in delaying transportation of ventilators is compensated to some extent by their contributions towards Covid treatment of citizens.

As per court orders, allegations against the accused were that they objected to shifting of 10 ventilators from Shaheed Hasan Khan Mewati (SHKM) Government Medical College, Nalhar to Rewari and Palwal.

The accused were arrested for allegedly rioting, armed with deadly weapon, wrongful restraint, assault to deter public servant from duty, attempt to murder, negligent and malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life, criminal intimidation on May 4.