KOZHIKODE: Mohammed Sabith of Perambra, the first victim of Nipah virus, had not visited Malaysia as alleged by some media reports which said that he had contracted the virus from Malaysia. His relatives have denied the rumours about his visit to Malaysia.
The district collector had asked the Kozhikode rural police chief to probe the veracity of the reports. “We are on it. It’s not about Malaysia alone, but the different places Sabith had visited recently. No Malaysian link has been established till now,” said SP G. Jaidev. But the police are yet to go through the passport of Sabith.
Sabith’s relatives produced his passport claiming that he had not visited Malaysia. “Sabith along with his elder brother Salith had gone to Dubai in search of a job and returned six months back. They did not go to Malaysia and baseless charges are being spread about a family which lost four of its members,” lamented K. Mohammadali, a relative. Police are also inquiring about the migrant labourers who helped Sabith and Salith to clean the wells of their house.
