Kerala IAS officer on return from Singapore skips home-quarantine, flees to Kanpur; case registered

Anupam Mishra, sub-collector of Kollam was on leave after his marriage and had taken permission to travel to Malaysia and Singapore. He was advised to remain under home quarantine, as per the protocol for overseas returnees in the backdrop of coronavirus outbreak but he fled to his home town Kanpur instead, prompting the state government to seek an explanation from him.