South Western Railway suspends officer after she hid her COVID-19 positive son in guest house

An official of South Western Railway has been suspended for "hiding" her son, who returned from Germany and later tested positive for coronavirus, at a railway guest house in Bengaluru, officials said on Friday. She not only failed to inform authorities about her son's return from Germany but also endangered the lives of others by lodging him in a railway rest house near the main Bangalore railway station, said railway spokesperson E Vijaya.

The Assistant Personnel Officer (Traffic) has been suspended, Vijaya said. The 25-year-old man, who came from Germany via Spain and was instructed to be in-home quarantine after he landed at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on March 13, later tested positive for COVID-19 on March 18.

#UPDATE Railway Officials now clarify that the officer's son had returned from Spain and not Italy. He was was working in Germany and had taken a flight from Spain to return to India.

The suspended Railway Officer is posted on Bengaluru, Karnataka. https://t.co/d4MsWHi6iL

— ANI (@ANI) March 20, 2020