But the BJP said the minister’s home quarantine had ended on April 6. “The administration is indulging in partisan politics and trying to harass the Union minister. She had been under the home quarantine since March 23 and it ended on April 6. The state government wants to prevent her from moving out,” said Biswajit Lahiri, the North Dinajpur district BJP chief.

Asked about the posters, the MP did not clarify whether she would stay indoors till April 13.

Driver held

An ambulance driver at the North Bengal Medical College and Hospital was arrested on Monday for shooting a video of the Kalimpong woman who had died from the novel coronavirus. The woman had died at the NBMCH last week.

Kamal Basak, a resident of Thiknikata in Matigara block, was arrested by the cybercrime police station of Siliguri Metropolitan Police.

BJP leader Ronald Dey was arrested in Siliguri on Tuesday for making a coronavirus-related post in which he had allegedly blamed police and administration on certain issues.

Attack on police

Police were attacked in Harishchandrapur I block of Malda district when they tried to implement the lockdown on Tuesday.

A poster outside Debasree's residence in Raiganj Picture by Koushik Sen

The North Dinajpur district administration pasted “home quarantine” posters outside the residence of Union minister of state for women and child welfare and Raiganj BJP MP Debasree Chaudhuri here on Monday late evening.

In the posters, it has been mentioned that Chaudhuri has been under home quarantine since March 31 to April 13, that is, for a period of 14 days.

Chaudhuri had stopped officials and health workers to put such posters a few days ago.

The MP, who had reached Raiganj on March 31, went out on April 2 to distribute masks among people to prevent contraction of the novel coronavirus and even helped many wear the masks. She was then accused of jumping the home quarantine and flouting the social distance norm.

Since Chaudhuri had returned from Delhi to Calcutta on March 23, she should have been under the quarantine till April 6.

Asked about the posters, Raiganj block development officer Raju Lama said: “She had reached here from Calcutta on March 31. Accordingly, the posters have been put and the period of home quarantine is till April 13.”