COVID-positive SP worker jumps to death from overbridge

Jauhari was admitted to a private hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 on August 25, he said. The hospital had informed police on Saturday that the patient fled by breaking the glass of a window, the officer said.

A Samajwadi Party worker escaped from the COVID-19 ward of a hospital here and then allegedly jumped to death from an overbridge, police said on Sunday. Raman Jauhari (40), a district-level SP leader, escaped from the hospital on Saturday evening and allegedly died by suicide after jumping from an overbridge on Delhi-Bareilly-Nainital highway, said SHO, Bhojipura police station, Manoj Tyagi.

The body was found under the overbridge on Sunday, the station house officer said. Jauhari was admitted to a private hospital after he tested positive for COVID-19 on August 25, he said.

The hospital had informed police on Saturday that the patient fled by breaking the glass of a window, the officer said. A case has been registered in this regard and an investigation is underway, Tyagi added.