A COVID-19 patient and his friends were found partying in a containment zone home in Ratlam city in Madhya Pradesh, after which they were booked for outbreak norms violation, an official said on Monday.
The incident took place in a house in Nirala Nagar that had been declared a containment zone after the man in question had tested positive for the infection, Tehsildar Gopal Soni said.
"We received information on Sunday that the COVID-19 positive man and his friends were partying in the house. We sent an inspection team there and all those partying in the house were admitted in a COVID care centre," he said.
They were booked under IPC section 188 (disobedience to order duly promulgated by a public servant) for violation of preventive orders by the Industrial Area police station, the official added.
A video of the incident also surfaced on social media.
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