The man was seen pouring liquor whereas sitting on a hospital mattress. (Representational)
Dhanbad (Jharkhand):
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Sunday ordered an investigation after a photograph allegedly displaying a COVID-19 constructive prisoner consuming alcohol inside a hospital ward in Dhanbad went viral.
One particular person tweeted the photograph to the chief minister and he retweeted it directing Dhanbad Deputy Commissioner Umashankar Singh to probe the matter and take motion towards those that have been accountable for the irregularity.
Mr Singh mentioned that the sub-divisional Justice of the Peace and the sub-divisional police officer involved would perform the investigation.
“The chief minister has been informed of the progress of the probe,” he mentioned.
The man within the viral photograph is seen pouring liquor in a glass from a bottle whereas sitting on a hospital mattress whereas meals gadgets served in aluminium foil containers are in entrance of him.
A handcuff can also be seen dangling from his proper wrist. Katras police station officer-in-charge Ras Bihari Lal recognized the person as 30-year-old Shantu Gupta, who was arrested on the fees of extortion on Thursday and was forwarded to jail.
As he examined constructive for coronavirus an infection, the police admitted him to the central hospital of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), which was transformed to a devoted COVID-19 facility, on Friday.
The hospital authorities mentioned they failed to grasp how a bottle of liquor reached the affected person amid tight safety, and no physician, nurse or attendant observed him consuming it inside a ward.
Security of the hospital premises is the duty of the BCCL, sources mentioned.
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