In the third instance of its kind that happened in the security ring of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray’s household, two security personnel attached to Uddhav’s youngest son Tejas have been quarantined, after they tested positive for Covid-19.
Tejas, who is the second and youngest son of Uddhav, enjoys Y-plus security. Among the security personnel protecting him, two had showed symptoms of Covid-19.
“After they showed coronavirus symptoms, the swab samples of the two security personnel were sent for tests and they tested positive for the pandemic. They were quarantined immediately afterwards,” a senior police officer said.
Tejas is the younger brother of Aditya Thackeray, who is Tourism and Environment in his father Uddhav Thackeray’s Cabinet in the State. He has so far not taken a plunge into politics.
Earlier on May 2, three police personnel posted outside Thackerays’ private residence “Matoshri” at Bandra (East) in north-west Mumbai had tested positive for Coronavirus. They were attached to the local arms unit of the Mumbai police.
On April 6, a tea vendor operating near chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s private residence “Matoshri” had tested positive for Covid-19.
On the following day, as many as 170 security personnel, including state reserve personnel, were quarantined for 14 days at a building in the neighbourhood, as a precautionary measure.
The tea vendor, who had tested positive pandemic, underwent treatment at the HBT Medical College and Dr R N Cooper Hospital at Juhu in north-west Mumbai.