Hyderabad: An elderly person in Hyderabad who was taken into quarantine for travelling to Delhi and stayed there recently accused the state police of harassing him for the same.
Mohammed Moinuddin said he visited Delhi to meet his lawyer, practicing in the Supreme Court, in connection with a legal matter.
Upon his return from Delhi on March 18, he received phone calls from police personnel seeking information about his Delhi visit.
On April 4, a policeman came to his house with an ambulance and requested him to undergo a Covid-19 test and assured him that he would be allowed to return home later.
They took him to Sarojini Devi eye hospital, took the test and kept him in quarantine there.
He said he and other inmates of quarantine haven’t been informed about the results so far.
Moinuddin said he is not able to understand why he and others were kept here without intimating them about their health conditions.
“We are being projected as suspect cases, while I did not attend the Tablighi Jamaat ijtema nor did I meet any person who attended the ijtema. If I was being quarantined just because I visited Delhi and am a Muslim, then it will increase the suspect toll and will create panic among the common people,” he said.
