Delhi police constable rescues 80-year-old Covid patient abandoned by family

A Delhi police constable on Monday came to the rescue of an 80-year-old man who was allegedly abandoned by his family due to the fear of Covid-19.

Delhi Police on Monday came to the rescue of an elderly person who was allegedly abandoned by his family as he was suffering from Covid-19. Murlidhar, the 80-year-old resident of the Old Rajendra Nagar area of Delhi, was left alone in his three-storey house as his family feared contracting the virus. The police learnt of his plight after Murlidhar's daughter called the Delhi Police PCR and said that the family had left him alone due to the fear of Covid-19. Acting on the complaint, Delhi police constable Raju Ram visited the house to aide the elderly. What shook the constable was that Murlidhar, who is a retired CID officer, had put a poster outside his house saying: "If I die, hand over my body to the police".