Praveen Kumar, along with his wife, had taken a flight from Delhi on October 11 for a trip to Switzerland. They had to change the flight at Abu Dhabi airport for Switzerland. But the Abu Dhabi police took Praveen Kumar into custody, mistaking him for a criminal they were searching for, while his wife was sent back to India.
On Friday, 313 new Corona positive cases were reported in a single day from the Meerut division of which 270 alone were from Meerut, Gautam Budh Nagar and Ghaziabad.
The officials also demanded a detailed report of deaths in the COVID ward of the Lala Lajpat Rai Memorial Medical College Hospital here during the treatment of COVID patients.
Air India flight number AI-1996 reached New Delhi with 42 diaspora from Dubai. Under the protocol, all 42 NRIs were tested for Covid.
With over 1,300 COVID-19 cases reported in the country so far, the number of clusters of the disease have increased, the Health Ministry said on Tuesday.
The smog, which has been creating havoc in Delhi NCR region for more than a week, has choked Meerut and Ghaziabad as well.
