BH CORRESPONDENT, Kolkata: On the first the day of 21-day long nationwide lockdown, a bizarre incident took place in Kolkata when a young woman attacked an on-duty police official in Salt Lake when he stopped her cab for violating the lockdown.
The incident took place in Salt Lake around 12.10 pm on Wednesday when she was travelling with her friend in a cab. The video of the incident got viral on social media.
It was learnt that the woman had taken the cab from Picnic Garden area and was going towards to Salt Lake. When the police stopped the cab at PNB More and questioned her why she was violating the lockdown, she lost her patience. Immediately, she started to hurl abuses at the cop and then rushed towards an on-duty sub inspector and tried to bite him.
She even picked one of the pimples on her face and rubbed the blood on his body. Then she started shouting ‘this is corona, this is corona’.
“Who will take care of my medicines, I live here alone. Who will be responsible if I fall sick in this situation,” she argued.
To this the police responded, “I didn’t ask you anything. I was talking to the driver.” After a verbal duel, the women officers reached the spot and arrested the three persons – the woman, her friend and the cab driver. The vehicle also have been seized by the police.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi issued nationwide lockdown for 21 days to control the coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Even though strict rules have been impose, people are still out on the streets. Early on Wednesday, police lathicharged in several districts to maintain the ‘social distancing’.
