MP: NSA detainees quarantined in jail after COVID-19 recovery

Bhopal, May 2 () Three NSA detainees were undermandatory 15-day quarantine at the Central Jail in MadhyaPradesh's Bhopal city, following their recovery from COVID-19,an official said on Saturday.

Two NSA detainees, including one who has recoveredfrom COVID-19, were shifted to the Bhopal prison from theJabalpur facility late on Friday night, Bhopal Central Jailsuperintendent Dinesh Nargave said.

While two other detainees, who had tested positive,were discharged from a private hospital in Bhopal in the lastcouple of days and were also quarantined in the prison, hesaid.

The National Security Act (NSA) was slapped on thefour accused after they allegedly attacked some policepersonnel during the lockdown in Indore last month.

The three accused in the case were under post-recoveryquarantine inside the central jail, he added.

While two accused were earlier sent to the prison inJabalpur, two were shifted to Satna jail.

Incidentally, one of the accused had escaped from thequarantine facility in Jabalpur on April 19 and was caught inNarsinghpur district the next day. ADU MASARU ARU