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Corporator booked for evicting Chhattisgarh nurse over coronavirus fears

Till Saturday, Chhattisgarh reported seven COVID-19 cases, including one from Bilaspur.

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Jaiswal denied the charges, saying the woman vacated the house on her own as she wanted to quit her job

Press Trust of India Bilaspur
An FIR has been registered against a Congress corporator in Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur town for allegedly asking his tenant, a nurse, to vacate the house, fearing she could become a carrier of coronavirus.

The corporator, Sitaram Jaiswal, however, denied the allegation and said he was being framed up.

A case was registered against him at Civil Lines police station on Saturday following a complaint by the doctor at whose hospital the nurse works, a police official said.

The complainant alleged that Jaiswal asked the woman to vacate the house on Friday, saying being a healthcare worker, she was more susceptible to get the viral