Our Correspondent
Sukkur
Over Nine Covid-19 patients escaped from the Quarantine Centre, Ghotki, despite deployment of police outside. The nine patients belonging to the Tableeghi Jamaat interned at the Quarantine Centre, Ghotki, escaped on Saturday night.
According to Ghotki district administration, there are as many as 116 other members of the Tableeghi Jamaat undergoing their quarantine term. Those who escaped belong to different parts of KPK and were identified as Iftikhar from Bannu, Hidayatullah from Kohistan, Fareedullah from Sawat, Adil from Attock, Muhammed Hashim from Bakhar, Billal from Mansara, Muhammed Moin from Kohat, Shazeb and Noor Nawaz.
The police have been put on alert and are conducting snap checking to trace them. The SSP Ghotki while reacting to the casual behaviour of the police guard at the quarantine has sent eight policemen into lock-up.
Sindh Minister for Revenue and Relief Makhdoom Mehboob-uz-Zaman while taking serious notice over the law and order situation with increasing crimes in the district has asked to Senior Superintendent of Police to take strict action against crimes and criminals and maintain the writ of law. In his directives to SSP on Saturday, the minister also expressed annoyance over organizing “Kabadi” matches during lockdown and escape of COVID-19 affected persons from isolation ward of the hospital.
