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Two police officers test HIV-positive

PATNA: Two senior police officers of Bihar have tested HIV-positive after Elisa test, State Home Secretary Afzal Amanullah said on Wednesday.

The officers tested positive after a test conducted at a laboratory here, he said without revealing their names.

Describing the reports about the two police officials as ``absolute rubbish and bogus'', State police chief Ashish Ranjan Sinha said, ``You better ask the home secretary''.

A senior police official on condition of anonymity said, ``The officials went to Delhi recently for follow up test but the reports are still awaited''.

Chief of Patna Police Hospital Dr P Ojha did not have any information about it.

``You know very well that senior police officers will never visit us if they are suffering from such disease and will choose corporate hospitals in New Delhi, Mumbai or elsewhere for further check-up'', he replied to a question whether the two officials had visited him.

Six HIV positive cases had been detected at the hospital, Dr Ojha said of them a constable and his wife had been found to be suffering from full blown AIDS.

He said in the light of detection of these cases, he had recently written to the state police headquarters to make Elisa test mandatory before recruiting aspirants who qualify for police jobs.- PTI

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