FIR against patient, bar for COVID rule violation; groom’s kin booked

For the second day in a row, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) M (West) ward lodged an FIR against a 37-year-old Chembur resident for flouting the COVID-19 quarantine rules despite having tested positive for the virus. The is a second such FIR by the ward officials in just 24 hours against COVID positive patient flouting quarantine.

Meanwhile, the Mumbai Police registered an FIR against two members of a bridegroom's family for inviting more than 500 guests for his marriage held at a ground in Kalina, civic and police officials said on Monday. As per pandemic norms, only 50 people are allowed to attend a marriage function in Maharashtra, which is seeing a surge in new infections since mid-February.

"When we came to know about violations of rules at the wedding held on Sunday, we rushed to the spot with police officials. We found around 500 people attending the marriage," said Dr Satish Badgire, Health Officer, H/East ward.

The BMC M (West) ward lodged a case with the Chembur's Basant Park Police against a 37-year-old coronavirus positive patient who was found to be roaming out at around 12:45 pm on Monday despite having ' no essential work' said a civic official from the ward.

Dr Bhupendra Patil, medical officer of health (MoH) M (West) ward said that it is criminal that people who tested positive are freely roaming in public places. "The person's wife too was tested positive. Despite being a covid19 patient the person was seen moving around despite them required to be quarantined. They are putting not only their own but even others life if at risk," said Patil.

The BMC officials said a member of the residential society where the person resides reported to the BMC that the man was seen freely moving in public. A team from the civic health department reached the spot.