April 13, 2020
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Youth Booked for Spitting at Policeman

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar pays surprise visit to Gandhi Hospital during the 21-day nationwide lockdown (that entered the 19th day) imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, on Apr 12, 2020. (Photo: IANS)

Delhi Police have booked a city resident on the charge of spitting near a policeman deployed on lockdown duty in the national capital.

Hyderabad Police Commissioner Anjani Kumar pays surprise visit to Gandhi Hospital during the 21-day nationwide lockdown (that entered the 19th day) imposed as a precautionary measure to contain the spread of coronavirus, on Apr 12, 2020. (Photo: IANS)

Police said the incident occurred in the Lahori Gate area of north Delhi on April 12 evening when an ASI and a couple of policemen were on duty at a checkpoint in the area.

A young man seen loitering nearby was asked to stop, but he spit near a policeman and ran away into a bylane nearby.

Police have registered a case under the Epidemic Diseases Act and other law provisions and launched a manhunt for the accused.

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