Bengaluru rail official suspended for hiding her COVID-19 positive son in guest house

An official of South-Western Railway has been suspended for allegedly hiding her COVID-19 positive son at a railway guest house in Bengaluru. Her son had returned from Germany and later tested positive for coronavirus.

New Delhi: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.

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 Bengaluru railway station, railway spokesperson E Vijaya told the media.

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.

"She virtually hid her son to protect her family but endangered all of us," a South-Western Railway official added.

(PTI Report)