ERNAKULAM : In an embarrassing development for Kerala government, a top bureaucrat, Anupam Mishra, has reportedly jumped his home quarantine over the coronavirus scare and has fled the state.
Mishra is a civil servant and Sub-Collector of Kollam district. He was under 14 days mandatory home quarantine from 19 March on account of his recent international travel.
His home was found locked from outside by a village-level monitoring team and a superior officer said his cell tower was last traced to Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur, although his native state is Rajasthan, reported the website of regional newspaper Malayala Manorama.
Read more on livemint.com