Jammu, Apr 29 (PTI) A man was booked on Wednesday for hiding travel history and was subsequently put under administrative quarantine in Samba district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said.

The man, a resident of Panjtilla, had returned from Delhi to his home onboard a truck carrying essential commodities and had not disclosed his travel history to authorities, a police official said.

Police traced him to his house and immediately shifted him to a quarantine centre at Ghagwal with the assistance of the health department, the official said.

A case was registered against him for violating the lockdown, hiding his travel history and crossing various red zones, thereby putting the lives of others at risk, he said.

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