No fresh Covid-19 case in Dakshina Kannada District, 70-year old woman discharged
Mangaluru: A 70-year-old woman, who has been under treatment at a hospital here with coronavirus infection was discharged on Sunday after full recovery, bringing down the number of active Covid-19 patients in Dakshina Kannada district to five.
No fresh case of coronavirus infection was confirmed in the district on Sunday for the eighth day in succession. All the 28 results received were negative. Of the 12 Covid-19 cases confirmed in the district, seven have been discharged so far.
The discharged woman was admitted to KMC hospital on March 19 with fever, cough and shortness of breath. As she had a recent travel history to Saudi Arabia, her swab samples were sent to the lab which tested positive on March 24 and she continued her treatment there.
Her latest tests on April 7 and 8 have turned out negative. She was discharged on Sunday with advice for a 28- day home quarantine. Reports of 32 more samples sent for test are awaited in DK.
Udupi district also did not report any new cases on the day. All the 33 results received Sunday were negative. Results of 44 more samples are awaited.
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Bus helper held for stealing USD 1,600 from Iranian woman's purse in Delhi; money recovered
New Delhi (PTI): The Delhi Police has arrested a bus helper and recovered USD 1,600 that was allegedly stolen from the purse of an Iranian woman who had forgotten it on a private bus at ISBT Kashmere Gate, an official said on Sunday.
The incident came to light on December 15, when a complaint was lodged at the ISBT Kashmere Gate police post by Dr Ali Akbar Shah, a professor at Delhi University and a resident of Mukherjee Nagar, the police said.
He informed police that his guest, Fareshteh Sayanjali, an Iranian national, had arrived in India on December 13 and was staying at his residence, they said.
The woman had travelled to Uttarakhand's Rishikesh and was returning to Delhi on December 15 in a bus. While de-boarding at ISBT Kashmere Gate around 1.45 pm, she inadvertently left her purse on the bus seat, the police officer said.
After some time, she received a phone call from the bus operator informing her that the purse had been found in the vehicle. However, when the purse was handed back to her, she discovered that USD 1,600 in cash kept inside was missing," the officer added.
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Based on Dr Shah's statement, an FIR was registered at Kashmere Gate police station on December 16, and an investigation was taken up, police said.
During the investigation, the team questioned the driver and conductor of the bus in which the woman had travelled, police said.
During questioning, the conductor told police that Monish, the bus helper, found the purse lying abandoned on a seat and handed it over to him, police said.
Monish initially attempted to mislead the investigators, but later confessed to stealing the US dollars from the purse, police said
Following his disclosure, Monish was arrested on December 17 and recovered the entire stolen amount, police said.
The accused, Monish, 26, is a resident of Jahangirpuri in north Delhi.
He has studied up to Class 10 and has been working as a helper with the private bus service for the past year, they said.
