MP cop makes Covid-positive thief walk barefoot, says no vehicle available

Two men, arrested on the charges of theft in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, were made to walk barefoot on the streets by a cop after one of them tested positive for Covid-19.

Two men, who were arrested on the charges of theft in Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, were made to walk barefoot on the streets after one of them tested positive for Covid-19. The MP cop, who arrested the two men, was seen escorting the two, both handcuffed, barefoot on the road, while he walked dressed in a PPE suit. When asked, the Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel claimed that there was no vehicle available to take the two men to prison, so he had to walk them. The incident came to light on Monday when the pictures of the cop, wearing a PPE suit, walking the two barefoot men were shared on social media. According to the inputs, the men were arrested on Monday in connection with a theft case. After the two were arrested, they were taken to a Covid-19 testing centre to get them tested for the infection, While one of the arrested men tested negative, the other's sample came back as positive.