7 men who fled a COVID care centre detained
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Tripura police on Tuesday detained seven of 25 men who fled from a COVID Care Centre (CCC) at Ambassa in Dhalai district on Monday. The men, all migrant labourers, were employed in mobile tower construction in the district. They were housed in the CCC after they were tested positive for COVID-19. Police said seven of those who fled were detained at the Ambassa railway station in the morning and confirmed that 18 of them were still at large. The men broke an iron grill at the back of the two-storey building and scaled the boundary wall to flee. Police personnel deployed at the entrance of the building failed to stop them.More Related News
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