New Delhi: Amid nationwide coronavirus lockdown in the country, health workers, who had gone for a check-up of coronavirus suspects were attacked in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad. As per reports, the stone had been pelted on an ambulance carrying patients, police personnel and health workers. Some vehicles were also vandalised in the incident.
Ambulance driver said– “When our team boarded ambulance with patient, suddenly crowd emerged & started pelting stones. Some doctors are still there. We are injured,”
Moradabad: Some people pelted stones at medical team&police which had gone to take a person possibly infected with #COVID.”When our team boarded ambulance with patient,suddenly crowd emerged&started pelting stones.Some doctors are still there.We are injured,”says ambulance driver pic.twitter.com/Rpo5jDRuJY
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) April 15, 2020
Taking this incident into consideration, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has ordered action against the accused under NSA.
It has been informed by the Chief Minister’s Office that ‘CM Yogi, taking cognizance of the incident in Moradabad, said that the doctors and personnel of the Health Department are all officers / employees involved in all cleanliness operations, all police officers and police personnel engaged in security.
दोषी व्यक्तियों द्वारा की गई राजकीय सम्पत्ति के नुकसान की भरपाई उनसे सख़्ती से की जाएगी। जिला पुलिस प्रशासन ऐसे उपद्रवी तत्वों को तत्काल चिन्हित करे और प्रत्येक नागरिक की सुरक्षा के साथ उपद्रवी तत्वों पर पूरी सख्ती बरते: उत्तर प्रदेश के मुख्यमंत्री योगी आदित्यनाथ https://t.co/aY8nLYmj3D
— ANI_HindiNews (@AHindinews) April 15, 2020
In the hour of disaster, day and night, they are engaged in service work. Attacking police personnel, health workers and personnel associated with cleanliness campaign is an unforgivable crime, which is strongly condemned. Action will be taken against such guilty persons under the Disaster Control Act and National Security Act (NSA).
मुख्यमंत्री श्री @myogiadityanath जी ने मुरादाबाद में हुई घटना का संज्ञान लेते हुए कहा कि स्वास्थ्य विभाग के डॉक्टर्स व कर्मी सभी सफाई अभियान से जुड़े अधिकारी / कर्मचारी , सुरक्षा में लगे सभी पुलिस अधिकारी व पुलिस के कर्मी इस आपदा की घड़ी में दिन रात सेवा कार्य में जुटे हैं।
— CM Office, GoUP (@CMOfficeUP) April 15, 2020