Chaotic situation prevailed in the Telangana secretariat on Tuesday after an official of the secretariat attended the COVID-19 hotspot Nizamuddin Markaz event in Delhi and returned to the state and continued with his daily duties. (Representational Image)

New Delhi | Jagran News Desk: Chaotic situation prevailed in the Telangana secretariat on Tuesday after an official of the secretariat attended the COVID-19 hotspot Nizamuddin Markaz event in Delhi and returned to the state and continued with his daily duties. The official also reportedly hide his travelling details on his arrival.

But, after the his lack of strictness was came to light, the state secretariat was immediately vacated and sanitised with disinfectant to prevent any untoward outbreak in the state, which has already witnessed deaths of 6 people who attended the event in Delhi.

Enraged with the official’s laxity, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao hass ordered strict action against the official and asked the authorities to make a report on fellow officers and and staff of the secretariat who came in contact with the official.

The official’s visit came to light after the list of attendees of the Delhi mosque event was given to the state government in which his was mentioned. The official attended the event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin but reportedly did not disclose his travelling details fearing discrimination and expulsion.

After the travelling details of the official came to light, the staff and other officials of the secretariat were left panic-stricken. The premises of the secretariat was also sanitised with disinfectant.

After the incident, the Telangana government has urged all officials and citizens of the state, who have attended the religious gathering at Nizamuddin, to cooperate with the authorities and inform the government. All measures to will be taken to test and treat those people in view to break the chain of deadly coronavirus.

At least six people from Telangana, who attended a religious congregation at Markaz in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi, have died after testing positive for coronavirus, the Telangana Chief Minister’s Office informed on Monday.

"COVID19 has spread among some of those who attended a religious prayer meeting from 13th to 15th March at Markaz in the Nizamuddin area of Delhi. Among those, who attended were some persons from Telangana. Of them, six died," read a statement by the CM office.

Posted By: Talib Khan