COVID-19: Health worker threatened in Mysuru, three booked

Bengaluru, Apr 21 () Three people have been booked anddetained in Mysuru for allegedly threatening a womanAccredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) after she advisedthem to wear face masks and maintain social distancing asrequired under COVID-19 guidelines, police said on Tuesday.

When ASHA worker Sumayya Firdose was on rounds at HaleemNagar in Mysuru on Monday to check for symptoms of COVID-19among the residents of the locality, three men allegedlyabused and threatened her for advising them to maintain socialdistancing and wear mask, police said.

Based on a complaint by the worker, an FIR has beenregistered against Mahboob, Khaleel and Zeeshan andinvestigation was on, police said adding all the three hadbeen taken into custody.

Mysuru District in-charge Minister S T Somashekar said hehas spoken to the Mysuru Commissioner about the AHSHA workerincident. FIR has been registered and further action willfollow, he added.

The incident comes a day after police and healthofficials were attacked at the minority dominatedPadarayanapura here when they went to quarantine some people.

More than 110 people have been arrested in connectionwith the incident that occurred on Sunday.

Earlier this month, a ASHA worker, while carrying out asurveillance of COVID-19 case, was allegedly manhandled by agroup of people in Sadiq Nagar of Sarayipalya here. KSUVS VS