Rule-benders in the best of times, Indians have been finding creative ways to foil the lock-down:
Sham-bulances are ferrying healthy passengers to and fro, with the help of bribes and forged passes:
Outside Delhi’s AIIMS and Safdarjung Hospital, Arun not only offered a passenger ride to Moradabad in his ambulance but also promised forged paperwork.
By his own admission, he would bribe his way to the destination regardless of the lockdown.
“We will take them. But one of them has to go lying down (like a patient),” Arun said.
“What if the papers are checked?” the reporter investigated.
“We will have them prepared. …”