Five of those arrested last week on charges of assaulting health workers in the Padarayanapura area of ​​Bengaluru have been found infected with the corona virus, after which they have been sent to the hospital from jail. Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Dr. CN Ashwath Narayan gave this information on Friday.

The government also shifted another 121 people to the Haj Bhavan here amidst threats by the Janata Dal Secular (JDS) to protest in the Ramnagar district of the Green Zone (where there is not a single case of infection).State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai said, "We are transferring the prisoners to the Haj Bhavan in Bangalore. The district administration has given the necessary permission. All necessary precautions have been taken to move them. "

A total of 126 people were arrested on 19 April for assaulting health workers and police personnel in Padarayanpura. He was presented before the court from where he was sent to a jail in Ramnagar for judicial custody. Narayan initially told reporters here, "We investigated all the prisoners, in which five people have been found infected with Covid-19. All five have been sent to the hospital. "

Health workers went to the area to keep people in contact with the corona virus infected, but were attacked by people there. The Ramnagar jail was in a way converted into Covid-19 and the people arrested in the Padarayanpura case were kept here. At the same time, the Ramnagar region is considered to be the stronghold of JDS and there was not a single case of infection of Covid-19 here and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy got the opportunity to oppose the government's move. Kumaraswamy said the government would be responsible if the disease spread in Ramnagar. He also warned of a huge protest against it.