Ideal wife?; Woman sneaks liquor into hospital for COVID husband

Cuddalore: A wife of a Covid-19 positive patient has been booked by the Cuddalore district police after she supplying liquor hidden in a tiffin bag to her husband who was undergoing treatment at a hospital in the city.

The Cuddalore district police have registered a case against M Kalaimangai, 38. Her tested positive for the infection a week ago and was admitted to RMMCH for treatment.

On August 12 M Kalaimangai gave him a bag with his tiffin. A little later, Muthukumaran created a ruckus in the Covid-19 ward, when the patients around alerted the hospital administration, the hospital staff and a village administrative officer who reached the spot found Muthukumaran was drunk.

When they looked into the matter they learned that his wife had sneaked in a liquor bottle inside the tiffin bag.

Following the incident VAO lodged a complaint with the Chidambaram Annamalai Nagar police, who booked the couple under sections 294 B (obscene acts and songs), 269 (negligent act likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life) and 271(disobedience to quarantine rule) of the Indian Penal Code and began probe.