Punjab bars police with health issues from duty

06/05/2020,CHANDIGARH

Punjab has decided to prohibit all police personnel with medical issues, as well as policewomen with children under five, from frontline duty, in an attempt to protect them from undue exposure to the risk of contracting COVID-19. Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta on Tuesday said several calls received on the newly introduced tele-counselling facility for police personnel had revealed the concerns on this count.