Amid COVID-19 Lockdown, UP Man Dials Corona Helpline Number Asking For 4 Hot Samosas With Chutney; Here’s What Happened Next | Earth Indian

New Delhi: At a time when the entire country has gone under a 21-day lockdown in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, a youth in Rampur dialled the coronavirus helpline number with a bizarre demand–4 hot samosas with chutney. Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, Rampur’s District Magistrate, Aunjaneya Kumar Singh narrated how the man called in for the samosas.

“After warning, the samosas were sent to him. But for troubling the control room and officials with his request during the lockdown, the man was asked to clean a drain as part of social work”, Singh tweeted along with the pictures of the man.

4 समोसा भिजवा दो… चेतावनी के बाद आखिर भिजवाना ही पड़ा।
अनावश्यक मांग कर कंट्रोल रूम को परेशान करने वाले व्यक्ति से सामाजिक कार्य के तहत् नाली सफाई का कार्य कराया गया। pic.twitter.com/88aFRxZpt2

— DM Rampur (@DeoRampur) March 29, 2020

This is not the first time the Rampur helpline number has received such call. Earlier someone wanted pizza delivered at his home.

The Uttar Pradesh government has setup helpline numbers to come to the aid of the marginalised section affected by the lockdown.

Meanwhile, the number of coronavirus positive cases in India has surpassed 1200 with 32 deaths.

By Shivam Urkude || Earth Indian