SAPTARI: A crime-accused brought for rapid diagnostic test (RDT) before sending to detention was tested positive to coronavirus.
The 48-year-old person, who was arrested for his alleged involvement in brutal attack on Sogbir Ram from Dakaneshwori municipality-4 in Saptari, was found positive in the RTD conducted at Gajendra Narayan Singh Hospital.
According to the hospital’s chief medical superintendent Dr Chuman Lal Das, he has been kept at the hospital’s isolation.
The brother-in law of Sogbir, he was engaged in a dispute over a land.
Sogbir’s ear was maimed with sharp weapon in the attack.
The injured is receiving treatment at BP Koirala Institute of Health Science, said Sogbir’s brother Raghubir.
Similarly, medical superintendent Dr Chuman Lal Das informed that the swab would be collected from the accused one and sent to BPKIHS for PCR test.
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