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Recovered COVID-19 man held for false information on Facebook

Apr 18, 2020, 20:32 IST

PTI

Nagpur, Apr 18 () A man who after recovery from thecoronavirus infection uploaded his discharge papers on socialmedia and accused authorities in Nagpur in Maharashtra ofunnecessarily placing him in quarantine was arrested, policesaid on Saturday.

Inspector Jayesh Bhandarkar of Tehsil police stationidentified the accused as Jamirul Jafirul Mohammad (32), aresident of Takia in Diwanshaha here.

"He had gone to Delhi on March 13 and returned hereafter two days. Based on his travel history, he was placed inquarantine on April 2, and tested positive for coronavirus onApril 3. He was discharged on Friday after his samples testednegative post treatment," Bhandarkar said.

"However, he put up discharge papers on Facebookclaiming he was never infected with coronavirus and thatofficials had unnecessarily placed him in quarantine. AfterNagpur Municipal Corporation officials filed a complaint, wearrested him and place him in quarantine," he added. CORBNM BNM

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