Willpower, yoga helped me recover: Cop
Constable Dinesh Rane, attached to the crime branch, said his strong willpower as well as the practice of pranayam – a form of breathing exercise in yoga – helped him defeat Covid-19 within two weeks. On Monday, after he was discharged from hospital, the 46-year-old Gorai resident was welcomed by his colleagues and family with a thunderous applause.
On April 23, Rane developed fever and cough, which persisted despite taking medicines. So he went for a test on April 26 and the results came positive for Covid-19 two days later, following which he was admitted to Apex Hospital in Borivli .
“I want to tell my colleagues and others who are battling the disease that they should not panic and keep a strong will power and they will definitely get cured,” he said.
Until Monday, more than 1,000 personnel of the state police department were tested positive for Covid-19, of whom 900 are constables. Rane is among the 113 personnel who have recovered so far. The department has also lost seven of its personnel to the virus. 2L WAIT TO LEAVE CITY On Tuesday, 5,000 more labourers left for their native homes on four trains from Borivli station and Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT). The applications of 2 lakh more migrants have been processed, say police.
22 HELD ON MONDAY
The police on Monday booked 48 people and arrested 22 for lockdown violations. The most number of FIRS (11) was filed for gathering at one place, followed by 10 against illegal vehicles.
WOMAN MAKES VIDEO OUTSIDE ACTOR’S HOME Bandra police booked a woman for allegedly making a Tiktok video of her morning walk outside Salman Khan’s residence in Bandstand, Bandra (West). ₹40-L GUTKHA SEIZED
The police seized a truck worth ₹12 lakh and the gutkha products inside it worth ₹39.65 lakh. The truck had an ‘essential items’ sticker on it. Two people – Malwani resident Musahid Ahmed Shaikh, 33, and Nallasopara resident Amanullah Khan, 25 – inside the truck were also arrested.
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