A team of doctors, paramedics and police personnel were attacked by locals when they went to pick up a coronavirus positive man and his family members.to put them in isolation, in Nagphami area of Moradabad on Wednesday.
A day earlier on Tuesday, the elder son of the family, Siraj, had died of viral infection and hence it was decided to quarantine the rest of the family.
The locals hurled stones and missiles at the team when it was taking away the coronavirus suspects.
The attack left a doctor and some paramedics injured while an ambulance and two police vehicles were badly damaged.
Taking a serious note of the attack, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath ordered Moradabad district authorities to register a case under National Security Act (NSA) against the culprits.
He also ordered that the damage caused to government property be recovered from the assailants.
Twenty-three people, including a woman, were detained by police after the violence and an FIR registered.
Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi told media persons that the chief minister stressed that the corona warriors had to be protected at any cost.
He said that senior police officials were on the spot with additional forces and the area was being combed for arresting the miscreants.
The administration was also taking help of drone cameras to identify the culprits.
Meanwhile in Bulandshahr, five shops were sealed for selling liquor on the sly despite prohibition due to lockdown in Utraula Kotwali police area on Tuesday night.
The police got inputs that liquor was being sold secretly in Utraula area after which a raid was conducted and five shops were sealed.
The raiding team was led by SDM Arun Kumar Gaur and excise officer Rajesh Tripathi.
A case was registered and investigations are on.