Woman supplies liquor to husband undergoing treatment for Covid-19 in TN hospital

CUDDALORE: Police booked a

woman

on charges of supplying

liquor

to her

husband

undergoing

treatment

for

Covid-19

in Rajah Muthaih Medical College

Hospital

(RMMCH) at Chidambaram in Tamil Nadu.

Police said T Muthukumaran, 43, who tested positive for Covid-19 a week ago, was admitted to RMMCH and was undergoing treatment. His wife, M Kalaimangai, 38, handed over to him a bag containing his dinner on August 12 hiding a liquor bottle inside it.

A few minutes after consuming alcohol, Muthukumaran created a ruckus thereby disturbing other patients.

The other patients alerted the hospital administration. A village administrative officer (VAO), who visited the facility, made an elaborate inquiry and found that Muthukumaran was under the influence of alcohol. The VAO preferred to lodge a complaint with the Chidambaram Annamalai Nagar police.

The police booked the husband-wife duo 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 investigations.