SP worker escapes from Covid ward, commits suicide

By IANS | Published: August 31, 2020 09:30 AM2020-08-31T09:30:56+5:302020-08-31T09:40:45+5:30

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 31 A Samajwadi Party (SP) worker, who escaped from the Covid-19 ward of a ...

SP worker escapes from Covid ward, commits suicide | SP worker escapes from Covid ward, commits suicide

SP worker escapes from Covid ward, commits suicide

Bareilly (Uttar Pradesh), Aug 31 A Samajwadi Party (SP) worker, who escaped from the Covid-19 ward of a hospital here, allegedly jumped to his death from an overbridge.

Station House Officer, Bhojipura police station, Manoj Tyagi said Raman Jauhari,40, a district-level SP leader, had escaped from the hospital on Saturday evening and his body was found under the overbridge on Sunday.

Jauhari was admitted to a private hospital after he tested positive for Covid-19 on August 25.

The hospital had informed police on Saturday that the patient fled by breaking the glass of a window.

A case has been registered in this regard and an investigation is underway, the SHO said.

( With inputs from IANS )

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