Four German returning persons traveling to Gujarat deboarded from train in Mumbai for breach of home quarantine order

Mumbai: Four Germany-returned passengers with ‘Home Quarantine’ stamp on hands were de-boarded from train at Mumbai’s Bandra Terminus as co-passengers raise alarm, said officials to news agency PTI.

Western Railway meanwhile in its said, ‘4 German returned persons, travelling to Surat/Vadodara were deboarded and handed over to district authorities from Garib Rath at Palghar today when alert on-duty TTEs and co passengers found Home Quarantine seal on their hands.’

Western Railway further in its tweet said, ‘please don’t endanger life of others by such act’.

It’s worth noting that Maharashtra government has decided that all people undergoing ‘home quarantine’ for suspected exposure to the coronavirus will be stamped on the left hand. The state government had said yesterday that the left hand of all persons under home quarantine will be stamped to identify them easily in case they mingle with the general public.

Greater Mumbai’s Municipal Commissioner Pravin Pardeshi has issued an order to all officials at hospitals and the airport, asking them to ‘stamp’ behind the left palm of the home-quarantined person concerned, the dates of isolation, with ink that would last for 14 days.

Maharashtra government had appealed that those who have been advised home quarantine must voluntarily refrain from stepping out in public to prevent any risk to others.

As per protocol, people arriving from coronavirus-affected regions are being put under home quarantine as a precautionary measure while their samples are sent for tests.

In a separate decision, Maharashtra government has also made it a punishable offence if any person attempts to evade the compulsory quarantine, or breaks ‘home quarantine’ and would forcibly move such person to a government isolation facility.