Bathinda, August 17: Minutes after Bathinda SSP Bhupinderjit Singh Virk tested positive for COVID-19, Finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and Bathinda Deputy Commissioner B Srinivasan went under home quarantine as a preventive measure.
SSP Virk was present with Manpreet Badal, DC Srinivasan and IGP Jaskaran Singh at the stage during the Independence Day function in Bathinda on Saturday. He had also come in contact with other officials and persons.
Manpreet Badal has also posted on his Facebook account: “Our SSP from Bathinda has been tested as corona positive. I met him on August 15 for the Independence Day function. On medical advice and for the safety of my family and workers, I am going in self-quarantine and as such, no public meetings will be held by me during this period.”
Deputy Commissioner B Srinivasan said: “I was present with the SSP during the Independence Day function and am going under home quarantine. I appeal to people, who came in contact with the SSP to get their test done.”
The Congress leader and halqa in-charge of Talwandi Sabo, Khushbaz Singh Jattana, also tested positive for COVID-19 today.
