NEW DELHI, Sept. 21 -- Two instances of COVID-19 related rape in Kerala last week has triggered public angst. On the night of September 5, a 19 year old Covid-19 patient was reportedly raped by an ambulance driver in Pathanamthitta district. Two days earlier on September 3, a 44-year old woman in Pangode in Thiruvananthapuram district was allegedly raped by a health inspector.
Even as both the accused have been arrested, the incidents have taken a political turn with the opposition lashing out at the ruling LDF.
In the first case, according to media reports, the patient who was tested positive was asked to be ready by 9.30 AM on September 5 for being transported to the First Line Treatment Centre which was a 10 minute drive from her home...