chandigarhUpdated: Aug 17, 2020 15:45 ISTBathinda: Bathinda senior superintendent of police (SSP) Bhupinder Jit Singh Virk and district Congress leader Khushbaz Singh Jattana tested positive for Covid-19 on Monday. Both of them were present at the district-level Independence Day function, where state finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal was the chief guest on Saturday. The finance minister has announced that he will be in home quarantine as a precautionary measure after the SSP tested positive. In an official statement issued on Monday afternoon, deputy commissioner B Srinivasan also said that he is following the quarantine protocol and isolating himself as he was sitting near the SSP during the Independence Day function. Bathinda range inspector general Jaskaran Singh, improvement trust chairperson KK Aggarwal, district market committee chairperson Mohan Lal Jhumba, and several local Congress leaders were present at the Independence Day function.

Source: Hindustan Times August 17, 2020 08:30 UTC