When his apartment complex banned all visitors due to the coronavirus outbreak and a strict lockdown in place, a teenager in Mangalore, India attempted to smuggle his friend inside his building in a suitcase.

According to a report in Gulf News, the teenager stepped out of the building on a scooter, with a huge suitcase and returned with his friend inside of it.

The matter came to light when the suitcase moved while being taken into the apartment complex. The people at the apartment grew suspicious and eventually told the security guards and the building association. The suitcase was opened and the building authorities were shocked to find the teenager’s friend inside it.

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The authorities reported the matter to the police who then called the parents of the two youngsters.

The teenager’s family told the police that he lives alone in the apartment. The teenager also told the police that he had made several requests to the building authorities and appealed to them but representatives said that such appeals were never made.