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Rlys sends 19 passengers back to Delhi for refusing quarantine in Bangalore

The special train from New Delhi to Bengaluru, (Train No. 02492) had arrived on Thursday morning at the KSR Bengaluru City railway station

A passenger wearing a mask arrives to board a special train to Delhi at Howrah station during the ongoing nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, in Kolkata. Photo: PTI

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The Railways said "19 of them preferred to go back to Delhi which was facilitated by Railways at very short notice by attaching extra coach in a train to Delhi on Thursday. (Representative image)

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2 min read Last Updated : May 15 2020 | 9:21 AM IST

Nineteen passengers who had arrived at the Bengaluru railway station on Thursday from New Delhi on a passenger train were sent back to the national capital after they created a ruckus protesting institutional quarantine.

"Delhi-KSR Bengaluru train that arrived Bengaluru on Thursday morning had 543 passengers, as confirmed from Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). Out of these 543 persons, about 20 were on transit to other states and left by road to Kerala and Tamil Nadu" the Indian Railways said in a statement.

The special train from New Delhi to Bengaluru, (Train No. 02492) had arrived on Thursday morning at the KSR

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Indian Railways Bangalore New Delhi healthcare Health crisis

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