The police in Bhubaneswar recently booked an office-bearer of a housing society after he threatened a junior doctor of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) with rape if she did not vacate her flat, as he feared her presence could expose the others in society to coronavirus, a report in Times of India read.

Anup Kumar Sahoo, additional commissioner of police said they have registered a case of criminal intimidation against the society's office-bearer and are verifying her charges.