Bombay HC allows man from Assam to travel so that he can attend last rites of father

MUMBAI: Bombay High Court has allowed a man from Assam based in Pune to travel to Lanka town of Assam so that he can attend last rites of father.

Binny Dholani, who filed petition, had insisted that he would be willing to fly cargo flight or any other means to be able to attend the last rites of his father.

Additional Solicitor General Anil Singh said that it is possible for Dholani to travel by road if he wishes and that this is something that the Union Government can accommodate.

The journey can be ensued once permission is obtained, claim reports.

Mumbai has recorded 736 cases of coronavirus infections. Maharashtra has recorded 1,000-plus coronavirus cases.

Meanwhile, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has declared the Wockhardt Hospital near Mumbai Central a containment zone after at least 29 staff including 3 doctors and 26 nurses were found Covid-19 positive last week, officials said.

The infections reportedly happened after two Covid-19 patients and two suspected cases were shifted here from the Kasturba Hospital a fortnight ago.

While the two patients were kept in the isolation ward, the two suspect cases were kept with other patients in the ICU from where the infection may have spread.

Last week, two nurses serving in the ICU tested positive, and then the infections spread quickly, affecting nearly 29 including the doctors.

The BMC has taken the swabs of another 270 staffers and patients at the Wockhardt Hospital for testing.

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