Two of the 11 Bangladesh nationals, arrested by India for violating visa conditions and remanded in judicial custody, tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, Indian media have reported.
The entire group, lodged in the Borstal School in the Puzhal prison complex with no access to other inmates, was shifted to the Stanley Government Hospital, The Hindu reported quoting police sources.
The Bangladeshis had gone to India on a tourist visa and participated in an event conducted by Tablighi Jamaat.
They were then arrested from Dindigul, a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and adjoining areas on the charge of having indulged in religious preaching, violating visa conditions.
As the first COVID-19 test returned negative, they were moved to the Borstal School in Chennai, the English-language newspaper reported citing sources.
However, when the results of the second test came in, two of them, who were asymptomatic, were found to have tested positive
“We immediately shifted the entire group to the quarantine facility at the Stanley Government Hospital. Disinfection of the premises was immediately carried out,” Director-General of Police Sunil Kumar Singh told the newspaper on Monday.
