Police seek public assistance to locate IDH escapee
November 20, 2020 11:23 am
The police are seeking public assistance to locate the Covid-19 positive woman who escaped from the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda last night (19).
The 25-year-old had fled from the hospital at around 9.10 pm yesterday, along with her two-year-old son who was also under medical care for novel coronavirus.
However, the police managed to find the child from a house in Eheliyagoda earlier today (20). It was revealed that the mother had handed over her child to one of her relatives residing in the area.
The police have made necessary arrangements to readmit the child to the IDH.
Reports further revealed that the woman in question is linked to large-scale drug racketeering.
A search operation is currently in underway to apprehend the escapee.
