<p>A group of thirty persons, labourers and students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who were quarantined in Akola district of Maharashtra, were found to have escaped, a senior official said on Thursday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-tally-spikes-over-11200-death-toll-rises-to-394-817763.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>None of them was known to be suffering from coronavirus, District Collector Jitendra Papalkar said.</p>.<p>They had been stopped while trying to return to their home states on March 30 after lockdown began, and quarantined at Patur in the district, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-16-825917.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>They were found to have gone missing from the Maulana Azad Cultural Bhavan in Patur town in the early hours of Wednesday. Search is on for them, the collector added.</p>
<p>A group of thirty persons, labourers and students from Telangana and Andhra Pradesh who were quarantined in Akola district of Maharashtra, were found to have escaped, a senior official said on Thursday.</p>.<p><strong><a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-news-live-updates-indias-tally-spikes-over-11200-death-toll-rises-to-394-817763.html">Follow latest updates on the COVID-19 pandemic here</a></strong></p>.<p>None of them was known to be suffering from coronavirus, District Collector Jitendra Papalkar said.</p>.<p>They had been stopped while trying to return to their home states on March 30 after lockdown began, and quarantined at Patur in the district, he said.</p>.<p><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/coronavirus-india-update-state-wise-total-number-of-confirmed-cases-deaths-on-april-16-825917.html">Coronavirus India update: State-wise total number of confirmed cases, deaths</a></strong></p>.<p>They were found to have gone missing from the Maulana Azad Cultural Bhavan in Patur town in the early hours of Wednesday. Search is on for them, the collector added.</p>