Covid-19 lockdown: Stranded Americans have left for Kolkata, says Patna SSP

TNN | Updated: Apr 5, 2020, 11:16 IST

Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said they had received a letter from DGP that 30 US citizens are stranded in Bihar due to lockdown.

Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said they had received a letter from DGP that 30 US citizens are stranded in Bi...Read More

PATNA: Three stranded Americans, including a one-year-old child, were on Saturday allowed to go to Kolkata in a bus by the Patna district administration on the instruction of the ministry of external affairs (MEA). These US nationals were left stranded in the city after the lockdown.
From Kolkata, the three are expected to fly to Delhi in a special Air India flight on Sunday before leaving for the US.
The three, including a 23-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman, boarded a bus near Kargil Chowk which had come from Kolkata to pick them up.
Patna SSP Upendra Kumar Sharma said they had received a letter from DGP that 30 US citizens are stranded in Bihar due to lockdown. "However, only three citizens, including the child, boarded the bus near Kargil Chowk. They were allowed to travel to Kolkata after screening," he said.
Patna DM Kumar Ravi said the two Americans had contacted the local administration and also sought permission from the MEA to travel to Kolkata. "They were allowed to go as the MEA had requested their request," he said. tnn