Gold stolen from dead Covid patient
Coimbatore: 05.08.2020
An unidentified person stole a gold bangle weighing three sovereigns from the body of a Covid-19 patient, who died in the Coimbatore Medical College and Hospital (CMCH) on Monday evening.
The Race Course police identified the deceased as a 60-year-old woman from Ukkadam.Adiabetic,shewastaken to a private hospital with breathing difficulty on Monday morning. As hospital authorities askedthefamily members to pay an advance of ₹40,000 to hospitalise her, the woman’s kin rushed her to CMCH, where she was admitted to the Covid-19 ward.
A police officer said, “Her daughter stayed back in the hospital. The woman’s condition was steady till 3pm. Her breathing difficulties aggravated and she died around 4pm. When her daughter came out of the ward, an unidentified person stole the gold bangle from the body.”
The woman’s daughter informed doctors about the theft and the latter advised her to lodge a police complaint.
“A similar incident had taken place in CMCH earlier and we have collected details of suspects. We will register a first information report and arrest the culprit,” the officer said. TNN
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