Two more optimistic patients booked for details incorrect
Nagpur Updates: The Shanti Nagar police on Thursday registered an offence against a Satranjipura couple, who tested positive for Covid-19, for hiding their children and giving wrong information to the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) medical team. With the latest action, the number of Covid-19 positive patients booked has increased to four in the city.
Assistant Commissioner of NMC Satranjipura Zone Vijay Humne lodged a complaint against the couple on Thursday following directives of municipal commissioner Tukaram Mundhe. The man (32) and his wife (28) are residents of Kachra Gully, Lal Nagar, Shanti Nagar, have been booked under Section 182 (use lawful power of public servant), Section 187 (intentionally omits to give assistance), Section 188 (disobedience to public servant), Sections 269, 270 (negligent and malignant act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life), Section 290 (public nuisance), all under IPC, and Sections 2, 3 and 4 of Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
In the complaint, Humne stated that the man is the nephew of 68-year-old deceased from Satranjipura, district’s first and only death from Covid-19. “Man and his wife were quarantined and the couple did not disclose it when they were asked by the NMC medical team about details of family members, especially children. The NMC team found out that their boy and girl with a wife’s maternal home in Bhaldarpura had been hidden by the couple.
“The two children were traced and quarantined alongside the parents of the wife and other relatives. One of the two kids tested positive. We could have been more effective in controlling Covid-19 had the couple given the correct information. It has also created panic among the locals, “he said.
A few days ago another of the deceased’s nephews was booked on the same charges. Cap seller from Takia Deewanshah, Mominpura, was booked after getting discharged and giving wrong information in a social media interview for breaking home quarantine standards.
