This story is from May 18, 2020

Rohtas woman stranded in UP, hubby dies at home

Thirty-year-old Sunita Devi, a resident of Dhawanpur village in Rohtas district, is confused whom to blame for her failure to pay last tribute to her 38-year-old husband, Ravindra Choudhary, who died at his native village late on Thursday evening.
Rohtas woman stranded in UP, hubby dies at home
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PATNA: Thirty-year-old Sunita Devi, a resident of Dhawanpur village in Rohtas district, is confused whom to blame for her failure to pay last tribute to her 38-year-old husband, Ravindra Choudhary, who died at his native village late on Thursday evening.
Devi remained stuck in New Delhi due to nationwide lockdown since March 25. On Sunday, she was stopped by police personnel at Ghaziabad on Delhi-UP border and not allowed to go home on foot.
Her wails and repeated requests to allow her to move on foot drew attention of hundreds of migrant workers from Bihar waiting at the interstate border for vehicles to reach their homes.
A video of Devi seeking help from the authorities concerned to reach home early went viral on the social media.
Anshuman Srivastava, who helped the woman reach a nearby shelter home run by the state government, said, “We have informed the local authorities about the woman’s plight. She has virtually lost her senses and is wailing all the time. I am finding it tough to console her.”
Devi’s elder son Bittu Patel (18) said her mother had gone to New Delhi to attend her sister’s wedding. However, she was stranded in the national capital due to lockdown announced in March. On Thursday, his father, Ravindra Choudhary, breathed his last.
“My father was sick for the last one-and-a-half years. We kept on waiting for the mother to reach home to pay her last tribute to the departed soul. Finding no way out, she departed for Rohtas from New Delhi on foot on Friday evening and reached the Ghaziabad border early on Sunday.
However, cops on duty prevented her from her onward journey. “She started crying for help. However, nothing happened,” Bittu said.
Bittu’s two younger brothers — Bipul (15) and Gulsan (14) — are also anxiously waiting for their mother.
Family sources said the Delhi police have assured that Devi would be sent home by next special train carrying migrant workers from Delhi to Bihar.
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