Coronavirus: Police send two Nigerians to hospital, admitted to isolation ward
Guwahati, March 16: Amid coronavirus scare across the country, Assam Police on Sunday sent two Nigerians to a government-run hospital where they were admitted to an isolation ward in Karimganj area.
The Nigerian national duo entered Assam from Tripura side without valid documents.
Both Nigerian are currently admitted at Karimganj civil hospital to check if they are infected by Coronavirus (COVID-19).
The nabbed foreigners were identified as 28-year-old Kanu Kingsby and 30-year-old Chindeu Nangshu.
According to the reports, the Karimganj district police apprehended them from a passenger bus during checking at Churaibari along Assam-Tripura border.
A police official said both were travelling without valid documents.
“They were coming from Agartala and believed that they illegally entered into India from Bangladesh,” the police official said.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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