While more than half of India is sitting inside their homes to fight the Coronavirus, there are many who are doing their duties and taking care of us, risking their own lives during this severe pandemic. Doctors, nurses, medical staff, police and many other essential service providers who are working despite the risk of Coronavirus pandemic have been hailed as ‘Corona warriors’ by Prime Minister Modi.
However, inspite of valuing and respecting them, there is some section of people in India who are stooping down to a level where they are not just disrespecting them but even hitting them.
Most recently, one such case has come to light from Lucknow, where a sweeper has accused the policemen of beating him without any reason. This sweeper was going to his work. During this time, the police stopped him and hit him, alleging violation of lockdown rules and made a challan of his car without reason, while the sweeper had the helmet and all the documents on the spot.
When the scavenger showed his I-card of the Municipal Corporation, the policemen called him fake. The policemen told Sunil that there is no sign of any officer on his card and beat him up.
Few days back, in the most horrifying incident, a group of four-five ‘Nihangs’ chopped off wrist of Assistant Sub Inspector Harjit Singh, who, along with other cops, tried to stop the vehicle of nihangs, who tried to break the lockdown rules by crashing and crossing the barricades. The Corona warrior underwent a surgery where his cut hand was sewed back again successfully.
A female resident doctor was on Tuesday allegedly assaulted by patients at Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital, dedicated for treating persons infected with COVID-19 infection.The alleged attacked occurred inside a surgical ward. A male doctor, who came to the rescue of the victim, was also manhandled by the patients.
In another incident, heath workers, who had gone to quarantine the family members of a COVID-19 patient, were attacked in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad on Wednesday.
Three medics were injured and some vehicles were also vandalised in the incident.