Police informed on Wednesday, the shocking case of fear of the COVID-19 pandemic, a woman in Gurugram locked herself and her son in an apartment for three years due to the fear of the virus, both of whom have been rescued. While talking to media, “A resident of Chakkarpur, Gurugram informed the police that his wife and child are locked in a flat for the last 3 years. His wife neither lets him enter the apartment nor sends their son outside,” said Usha Solanki, Child Welfare Committee Member, Gurugram. She also added that the woman had asked her husband to get another flat for work. She said, “The police were instructed to file a complaint and teams were sent to the flat. The woman locked herself and her son due to the fear of COVID. She asked the husband to get another flat as he went outside for work. He used to send her the money and got them groceries.”
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Further investigation is underway in the case.
