India’s COVID-19 lockdown has put the entire nation under house arrest till May 3 and according to several surveys, the crime rate has witnessed a significant drop across the country during the shutdown.
However, there are still some exceptions in India and one of which happened with the Indian cricket team’s wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha amid the ongoing Coronavirus lockdown.
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A relative of Saha has reportedly revealed that a few miscreants tried to break into the cricketer's ancestral home in Siliguri, North Bengal, on Friday in a bungled attempt to rob the place.
Saha lives in South Kolkata with his wife and children, while his parents live in their Ward No.31 Shaktigarh area house in Siliguri, but they are presently staying with the cricketer.
His parents had come to visit the Indian cricketer before the lockdown last month, but could not go back to Siliguri due to the ongoing COVID-19 crisis in the country.
The Bengal keeper’s relatives who live near his ancestral home in Siliguri claimed that the incident took place at around 2:30 am on Friday, saying they heard some voice and immediately came out and lit the light, but the thieves ran away after hearing the voice.
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Saha's uncle, Malay, told IANS on Saturday (April 25), “We live next to them. In the wee hours of Friday, my son heard a noise and alerted me. It was around 2-2:30 a.m. in the night. We immediately rushed out and turned on the light. They fled hearing us. They had a car, we could not see the car clearly.”
He further added, “We informed the police and they were quick to the spot. They even came yesterday (Friday afternoon) to check on us. A similar incident had happened few days back also. We did not pay heed then. We will lodge the FIR on Sunday. The police commissioner said he will be at the NJP police station so we will do it then.”
(With IANS Inputs)
