A 45-year-old tea seller operating from a locality near to the residence of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in Bandra East tested positive for COVID-19, over 170 police and SRPF personnel, some of whom were in the CM’s security detail, were moved from the area as a precautionary measure.
The tea vendor had his stall close to that of Union minister Ramdas Athavale and several security personnel of both Mumbai Police and SRPF, some in the security detail of the chief minister, would visit the stall for tea.
Matoshree has been an administrative seat of Maharashtra over the past few months as Thackeray prefers to conduct the majority of his business from his residence.
“Two workers have also been escorted to the hospital for testing. Apart from that, the whole lane of the area has been sealed. Since all the police personnel in the vicinity used to come to his stall for tea the civic body is also tracking them,” an official said.
Officials have further reinstated that the BMC has started taking swab samples of some of the personnel who were part of Thackeray’s security detail and had come in contact with the tea stall owner.
A total of around 150 personnel are guarding the chief minister and his family during the day time, while around 120 are guarding him in the night hours.
