The woman and her husband in Uttar Pradesh's Moradabad district, had moved court alleging interference from family members.

Mani Lal Patidar, the former superintendent of Mahoba, was implicated last September in a case of extortion and suicide abetment and has been untraceable since November 2020.

After a PIL said this illegal diversion resulted in the deaths of many persons during the second wave of COVID-19, the court directed the district magistrate to file his personal affidavit on the matter.