Hyder Tests Corona Positive

Cuttack (Reporters Today Bureau):  Dreaded criminal Sheikh Haider, who had escaped from SCB Medical College and Hospital last week and was brought back from Telangana yesterday, had tested positive for novel Coronavirus. Hyder  had undergone RT-PCR test and his report came out positive. He has been kept on isolation. His remand has also been put on hold.

The gangster was scheduled to be taken on a seven-day remand by the Commissionerate Police on the basis of on a case registered at Mangalabag Police Station.

The police will reapply for his remand once his isolation period gets over and the CP will inform the court about the same later in the day. Further details awaited.