Confined Pune groom wants out

Suryawanshi, a tehsildar at Guhaghar in Ratnagiri district, said he would like the doctors to issue him a medical certificate that declares him fit as soon as possible. ‘‘At least, it will give me a clean chit when I join office,’’ he said.

He acknowledges that the confinement is getting on his nerves and that he has no contact with anyone outside.

Meanwhile, a team from the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has taken blood samples of seven members quarantined at the residence of Simon Peter Alhat, Stanley D’silva’s uncle. Samples of Stanley’s maternal uncle Joseph Pawar, his wife Dolly Pawar, their children Jacob and Joshua, Stanley’s aunt Pramila Rathod, her son Inoch Rathod and Alhat’s elder daughter Preeti were taken. However, the NIV team did not take blood samples of Simon Alhat, his wife and his other two children.

Sources said the NIV team wanted to check the blood samples of the family members who travelled with Stanley to Pune from Ambarnath.

Pawar says Pune Municipal Corporation attendants were helping them source daily provisions. He says TV provides relief from the confinement. Joseph says Stanley, Julie and their mother Vimal sounded fine when he spoke to them on the telephone yesterday.