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Couple taken off train after passengers notice quarantine stamp

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March 21, 2020 17:43 IST

A couple was deboarded from a Delhi-bound Rajdhani train on Saturday after co-passengers observed a home quarantine seal on the husband's hand, the Railways said Saturday.



Officials said the Delhi-based couple boarded the Bangalore City-New Delhi Rajdhani at Secunderabad Saturday morning.

 

When the train reached Kazipet in Telangana at 9:45 am a co-passenger noticed the quarantine mark -- authorities are putting on suspected coronavirus cases -- on the husband's hand when he was wash his hands.

Other co-passengers then informed the TTE on board the train, the national transporter said.

The train was briefly detained and the couple was taken to a hospital. The coach was completely sanitised in Kazipet and was locked, officials said.

The air conditioning was also switched off.

The train left for its destination at 11.30 am.

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