Woman, Son Who Locked Themselves At Home For Three Years In Fear Of Covid Rescued

New Delhi: Police rescued a lady and her minor son who had locked themselves of their rented home in Gurugram’s Chakkarpur for 3 years to flee from Covid-19, information company PTI reported.

In response to the report, a crew of police, well being division officers and members of the kid welfare division broke open the primary door of the home and rescued Munmun Majhi and her 10-year-old son on Tuesday. They had been taken to the civil hospital after having been taken out of confinement.

“The girl has some psychological points. Each of them are referred to PGI, Rohtak the place they’re admitted to psychiatric ward for therapy,” Dr Virender Yadav, Civil Surgeon, Gurugram, mentioned.

Notably, the matter got here to gentle on February 17 when Munmun’s husband Sujan Majhi, an engineer with a non-public firm, approached Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) Praveen Kumar at Chakkarpur police submit.

In response to him, during the last three years, the lady didn’t enable even her husband into the home after he stepped out to go to workplace when restrictions had been lifted after the primary lockdown in 2020.

Sujan spent the primary few days with associates and after failing to persuade his spouse, he began dwelling in one other rented lodging.

He mentioned that video calls had been the one option to be in contact together with his spouse and son. He would pay their month-to-month hire, clear the electrical energy payments, deposit his son’s college charges, purchase groceries and even go away ration exterior the door.

“Initially, I did not consider Sujan’s claims, however when he made me discuss to his spouse and son over a video name, I intervened within the matter. The home the place the lady was dwelling had accrued a lot filth and rubbish that if a number of extra days had handed, something untoward may have occurred,” ASI Kumar instructed PTI.

The girl’s son had not even seen the solar within the final three years, Kumar mentioned, including she didn’t even use cooking gasoline and storage water in concern of Covid.

Sujan was overwhelmed to have his spouse and son again and thanked the police. “Now they’re being handled and I hope my life might be again on monitor quickly,” he mentioned.