Daijiworld Media Network - Beltangady (SP)

Beltangady, Jul 17: In a strange incident which happened at Beltangady, the husband of a woman who had given birth to a baby on Wednesday, broke open the lock of the hospital gate and took away his wife and child after coming to know that his wife had tested positive for coronavirus infection.

The incident happened on the night of Thursday July 16 at the taluk government hospital here. The woman had got admitted into the hospital on Wednesday and delivered a baby the same day. During the admission process, her throat swab sample had been collected and sent for testing. The woman went into labour and delivered the same night. On Thursday evening, the test result confirming that she was corona positive was received.

The husband, immediately on being informed about this situation, directly came to the hospital in his car, entered the hospital by breaking open the lock of the gate, and took away his wife and child in his car on Thursday night, it is said.

There is no information where they went. The police are now on the lookout for the trio.