Enforcement Directorate Headquarter Sealed After Several Staff Members Test Covid-19 Positive

Over 10 officers who came into contact with the infected officials have been quarantined.

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) headquarters in South Delhi was sealed for 48 hours on Saturday and Sunday after several employees tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Over 10 officers who came into contact with the infected officials have been quarantined. Among those who tested positive are Special Director and Investigating Officer handling the aviation scam involving corporate lobbyist Deepak Talwar.

Staff in the legal and intelligence section have also tested COVID-19 positive. The office was shut after deep sanitization work was undertaken. Recently, a junior-rank officer who works at the establishment branch of the headquarters had tested positive for the virus. He was on deputation to the investigative agency from a central paramilitary force, news agency PTI reported quoting officials. On Thursday, a floor of the office was sealed for two days after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, news agency IANS reported. The Enforcement Directorate, a central agency that probes money laundering and crimes, sanitizes its office building twice a week, and only those employees who are required for work on a given day report to the office. The ED operates from two floors at the Loknayak Bhawan. Also Read: Core Commander level meeting to be held between India & China