Mob Pelt Stones At Medical & Police Vans In Moradabad, India

Ankita Chetana |Apr 16, 2020

Examining the case, UP CM Yogi Adityanath has asked the police to take strict action on the accused people under the National Security Act.

Earlier on Wednesday, an order was set against 10 people who pelted stones and made medical staff injured in Moradabad attack by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.

In detail, a mob in the Nawabganj area assailed a team of medical personnel and doctors when this team came to take 2 suspected people of coronavirus away. The mob lapidated at both doctors and the ambulance. Even the police van rescuing the healthcare staff also got pelted with stones.

Mob Pelt Stone At The Ambulance In Moradabad attack — The ambulance front-glass was destroyed

A Twitter user wrote about the Moradabad attack:

"Moradabad: Some people pelted stones at medical team&police which had gone to take a person possibly infected with #COVID. "When our team boarded ambulance with patient, suddenly crowd emerged&started pelting stones. Some doctors are still there. We are injured." says ambulance driver."

Post the accident, the police have arrested 10 people and are investigating the other related to it. Due to the serious situation, CM Yogi Adityanath decided to require the police to take a strict punishment as per the National Security Act on the accused. Check out his tweets:

Yogi Adityanath Tweet about Moradabad attack — Source: Twitter

Besides, the CM affirmed that administrative fines will be also applied to the accused as they damaged the property during the assailment. On the other hand, since the attack took place in the area, the security has been managed more tightly.

police arrest the mob pelting stone — The police took action to arrest 10 accused people

It is known that three people amongst the medical team including a doctor and pharmacists Dr. SP Garh and Chief Medical Officer were injured due to the Moradabad attack.

Tweet About Attack In Moradabad — Source: Twitter

Up to now, there are 12,381 cases testing positive for coronavirus across India. Amongst them, 414 people were found dead while 1,489 patients got recovered. Uttar Pradesh has been one of the most severely-affected states when having 735 infected cases.