Thane: A family of four from Ulhasnagar, who had recently returned from Kenya, was booked for breaking home quarantine protocol by going on a tour to north India. Three of them have tested positive for Omicron, said civic officials.
Thane police said that the family—parents, a son and daughter—had returned home from Kenya on December 21. As per the rules, their swabs were taken for RT-PCR tests and they were told to self-quarantine till their reports arrived. However, the family went on a tour and travelled to different places in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and returned to Ulhasnagar on December 31.
Yuvraj Bhadane, the PRO of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, said they had received a list of the international travellers and they checked on the Ulhasnagar family, but the house was locked. The family was contacted and told to quarantine themselves, but by then they had travelled extensively. By then their test results arrived which showed that three of them had tested positive for Omicron. As soon as the family reached home, Vithalwadi police booked them under IPC Section 188 and Section 51(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, on a complaint by civic officials. —Nishikant Karlikar
Thane police said that the family—parents, a son and daughter—had returned home from Kenya on December 21. As per the rules, their swabs were taken for RT-PCR tests and they were told to self-quarantine till their reports arrived. However, the family went on a tour and travelled to different places in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir and returned to Ulhasnagar on December 31.
Yuvraj Bhadane, the PRO of Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation, said they had received a list of the international travellers and they checked on the Ulhasnagar family, but the house was locked. The family was contacted and told to quarantine themselves, but by then they had travelled extensively. By then their test results arrived which showed that three of them had tested positive for Omicron. As soon as the family reached home, Vithalwadi police booked them under IPC Section 188 and Section 51(b) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, on a complaint by civic officials. —Nishikant Karlikar
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