‘It is tough to keep tabs on accused who remain mixed with civilians at FLTCs’
A person accused of child sexual abuse escaped recently from the first-line treatment centre (FLTC) at the Kochi airport convention centre, throwing light on the challenge facing the police in guarding the arrested who test positive for SARS-COV-2.
The infected among those arrested by the police and Excise are put up at the FLTC at Kochi airport along with the other infected members of the public. Though police personnel are put on guard duty at the centre, security remains far from foolproof.
“We have taken up the matter with the District Disaster Management Authority, citing that it is really tough to keep a tab on the accused who remain mixed with civilians. A possible solution is a separate FLTC for the arrested. With more among the arrested increasingly testing positive since September, the…