<p>Amid the scare over the rise in coronavirus cases, a 28-year-old software engineer created panic at a hospital ín Yeshwantpur after he threatened to infect people with the virus.</p>.<p>According to the police, Sachin, a native of Vijayapura, was staying at a paying guest accommodation in Yeshwantpur. Sachin, an IT firm employee, was working from home.</p>.<p>On Wednesday night, he ventured out of the PG under the influence of drugs, barged into a private hospital, and started to harass staff of the pharmacy, saying he was infected with the disease and he would pass it on to them.</p>.<p>On being alerted, the patrolling police rushed to the hospital and tried to detain him. He also misbehaved with the policemen.</p>.<p>The Yeshwantpur police have arrested him under Sections 269, 270 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>Sachin was subjected to a medical examination to confirm if he had contracted the infection and was remanded in judicial custody after the report came negative. N Shashi Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said: “Sachin was under the influence of drugs. We don’t know which substance he was abusing, but he has been arrested.”</p>
<p>Amid the scare over the rise in coronavirus cases, a 28-year-old software engineer created panic at a hospital ín Yeshwantpur after he threatened to infect people with the virus.</p>.<p>According to the police, Sachin, a native of Vijayapura, was staying at a paying guest accommodation in Yeshwantpur. Sachin, an IT firm employee, was working from home.</p>.<p>On Wednesday night, he ventured out of the PG under the influence of drugs, barged into a private hospital, and started to harass staff of the pharmacy, saying he was infected with the disease and he would pass it on to them.</p>.<p>On being alerted, the patrolling police rushed to the hospital and tried to detain him. He also misbehaved with the policemen.</p>.<p>The Yeshwantpur police have arrested him under Sections 269, 270 and 353 of the Indian Penal Code.</p>.<p>Sachin was subjected to a medical examination to confirm if he had contracted the infection and was remanded in judicial custody after the report came negative. N Shashi Kumar, Deputy Commissioner of Police (North), said: “Sachin was under the influence of drugs. We don’t know which substance he was abusing, but he has been arrested.”</p>
