A migrant couple from Rajasthan, stranded in Tripura due to the lockdown imposed to contain novel coronavirus outbreak, has named its newborn baby 'Lockdown'.
Sanjay Bauri said he and his pregnant wife, Manju, had come to Tripura from Dausa district of Rajasthan six months ago to sell toys, steel utensils and plastic products on the streets of Agartala.
"My wife gave birth to a baby boy at the state-run Indira Gandhi Memorial (IGM) Hospital here six days ago. We named him 'Lockdown' remembering all the problems we had to face during this tough time," Bauri told reporters.
Many hawkers like the Bauri couple who had come to Tripura from Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, got stranded in the northeastern state due to the lockdown.
"Me and my wife, along with 61 other hawkers, tried to return to our native places and went to Badharghat Railway Station, only to find the train services suspended," Bauri said.
Government Railway Police (GRP) personnel, however, came to the rescue of the ...
