New Delhi With over 140 Delhi Police personnel testing coronavirus positive in around two months, authorities have deputed two Special Commissioners of Police to oversee necessary treatment to infected personnel.
The cases of corona positive officers and jawans will now be directly handled by Special Commissioner of Police (Traffic) Taj Hassan. He will take care of the needs of the infected jawans and their families.
In addition, Special Police Commissioner (Women Safety) Nuzhat Hasan too will work for immediately arranging for admission of corono-infected jawans in Delhi hospitals.
Most patients are Delhi Police personnel in the ranks of Constables, Inspectors and Station House Officers. A 2015-batch IPS officer of Additional DCP rank and posted in Shahdara district too tested corona positive. So far, Delhi Police has lost a jawan posted at Bharat Nagar police station to the virus.
Most corona infections were reported in personnel posted in the Central Delhi District. In the Chandni Mahal police station located here, several contables tested positive. However, some of these jawans have since returned to duty after recovery.