calcutta already saddled ongoing battle deadly coronavirus kolkata municipal corporation kmc kolkata police bu rden rescuing victims social ostracization victims mostly targets neighbours become covid fighters case indrani sengupta governing infirmary nurse bramhapur garia resident subjected ostracization husband tested positive week agone getting husband admitted hospital returned home found running short essentials medicines requested one distant relatives likewise neighbour buy necessary threatened enter house plead agitators asking fell deaf ears three twentyfour hours fourth day telephone police help sengupta far many cases covid survivors frontline workers harassed neighbours help anyone shifts focus important work hand adds experience businessman swapan basu equally uncalled house physician siriti behala basu bear brunt neighbours running high temperature couple days went medicine shop buy paracetamols last weekend could envisage person would call cops cops would actually turn inquire whether tested positive neither family members allowed move home regular buying essentials next days finally forced get tested fortunately tested negative basu commissioner anuj sharma recently instructed men take litigate forms ostracization course social shaming covid patient family covid warriors tolerated legal action follow said statement came particular complaints made police areas like ballygunge gardens alipore kmc montgomery ward coordinators conceded deluge complaints ostracization cases complaints likewise pouring mayor office one complainants wrote north kolkata house pit section agitators said kmc school principal harinavi bewildered relative covid ostracized much political parties step state stigma connected death hurt live past three decades neighbours always care family appreciate legitimate pertain hurts know flush relative contracts disease ostracized without even paying individual single visit said headmistress