While the Centre has announced stringent punishment for those who attack health employees on corona duty, people in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh on Wednesday assaulted a team of policemen and physicians who had reached the village for taking a man into quarantine.
A man had reportedly reached the Gaswani town in Sheopur district from Guna but the family members did not report this to authorities and hid the man in the home. As some locals got the whiff and reported the matter to police, a team of police personnel from Gaswani thana and physicians on Wednesday reached there to take the man into quarantine.
However, the locals instead of co-operating with the visiting team, assaulted them with stones and sticks injuring an Assistant Sub Inspector of police Sriram Awasthi. The ASI had received injury on the head.
The police managed to nab one of the attackers—Gangaram Shivhare and heavy police force was rushed to the village by senior officers.
Notably, the Centre on Wednesday had brought an Ordinance provisioning for jail term upto three months to five years and fine upto Rs two lakh for those found guilty of attacking health staffers. Assault on two women doctors in Indore’s Taat Patti Bakhal area recently had hogged limelight nationally.
The attacks on physicians have grown in numbers since the outbreak of corona virus and Madhya Pradesh has witnessed such assaults and misbehaviour with the health staff on duty. In grave assaults, jail term could be upto six months to seven years.