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MAPUSA
Nationalist Congress Party General Secretary Sanjay Barde of Khorlim-Mapusa was arrested on charges of obstructing the staff involved in the community health survey, Mapusa Police said.
He was later released on bail.
Bardez Mamlatdar Laxmikant Kuttikar filed a complaint against Barde for obstructing government staff doing their lawful duty while conducting the house-to-house community health survey.
The State government had ordered a three-day door-to-door community health survey ostensibly to health profile citizens in view of the coronavirus pandemic.
In his complaint, the mamlatdar said the accused abused the staff and committed negligent act knowing that he is likely to spread infection which is dangerous to life of people and further disobeyed the order promulgated by a public servant.
Acting on the complaint, Mapusa police registered an offence against the accused under Section 504 (breach of the peace), 269 (negligent act), 186 (obstructing public servant) and 188 (disobeying the lockdown order) of IPC.
LPSI Rupali Govekar is investigating the case.
