Published 17:00 IST, April 27th 2020
UP man approaches cops to bring back stranded wife from her parents' home, she refuses
A man from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district sought police help to bring back his wife, who is stuck in her parents' home two districts away in Amroha.
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A man from Uttar Pradesh's Sambhal district sought police help to bring back his wife, who is stuck in her parents' home, two districts away in Amroha. However, his wife has refused to go back to her husband's home amid coronavirus lockdown, saying that y may contract disease if y travel. man n went to police asking m to help in bringing back his stranded wife, to which cops said that y respect woman's decision and asked husband to wait until lockdown is over.
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According to reports, woman went to her maternal home a few days before lockdown began and has been stuck re since n. husband has claimed that his mor is unwell and wants to see her daughter-in-law. woman has refused to change her decision and is adamant of taking any risk amid lockdown. newly-married man reportedly asked his in-laws to convince ir daughter.
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According to reports, police have said that case is t an isolated one as y have been continuously receiving such requests since lockdown has begun. Superintendent of Police, Yamuna Prasad, while talking to press said that many people are stranded in or districts and ir family members are approaching m to bring back home. He said that such permission will be given until y get orders from government.
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Coronavirus in India
lockdown in India began on March 24 for 21 days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed nation anuncing restrictions on travel and shutting n-essential businesses. On April 13, Prime Minister anunced an extension of lockdown for ar two weeks, until May 3. According to reports, positivity rate and doubling rate in India have remained relatively low compared to or major countries in world. India has recorded 27,977 confirmed cases so far, of which 884 people have lost ir lives. re are currently 20,570 active infections in India.
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(Im Credit: AP)
17:00 IST, April 27th 2020