Man with cases pending against him returns from Rajasthan, test Covid-19 positive

After 42 people returned to

Assam from Rajasthan by bus, one of them tested positive for Covid-19 and it was also found out that cases are pending against him in his home state, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said here on Thursday.

The total number of positive cases now has gone up to 45 in the state and 10 of them are active.

After obtaining permission from the Ajmer deputy commissioner, 42 people came from there in a bus to Silchar on Wednesday and one of them tested positive for novel coronavirus infection, Sarma said at a press conference here.

"It has come to our notice that this person has cases pending against him in Sonitpur district (of Assam). How he managed to reach Ajmer and return in a bus to Silchar is a matter of investigation which police is conducting," he said.

All the passengers were asked to proceed on home quarantine after screening, but later the sample of this person tested positive and consequently, certain areas would be declared as ...