Any Coronavirus Patient Spitting On Others Will Be Charged With Attempt To Murder: Himachal Pradesh DGP

Himachal Pradesh DGP S R Mardi on Monday (6 April) announced that any coronavirus positive patient in the state will be slapped with an attempt to murder charge of he or she spits on any other person. He added that if the person spit upon dies due to the disease the accused will face a murder charge, ANI has reported.

The state has so far reported 13 coronavirus cases and one death.

This announcement by the Humachal DGO comes in the light of reports of Tablighi Jamaat members spitting on doctors and staffers at quarantine centre in Delhi.

As reported earlier, Tablighi members at the Tughalakabad Quarantine Centre acted in an unruly manner and were making unreasonable demands for food. They also refused to cooperate with the doctors and staffers at the quarantine centre by abusing and even spitting on them.

They were also found spitting on the roads while being taken in buses, forcing the health authorities to forcibly shut windows.