Hindustan Times ST (Mumbai)

3 cops succumb; state toll is 65

- Vijay Kumar Yadav, Suraj Ojha and Manish K Pathak vijaykumar.yadav@htlive.com (with input from Anamika Gharat)

OF THE THREE, TWO DIED IN THE PAST 48 HOURS WHILE THE THIRD COP HAD DIED FIVE DAYS AGO, BUT HIS POST-MORTEM REPORT ON FRIDAY REVEALED HE WAS +VE

MUMBAI:THREE policemen including an assistant police inspector died of Covid-19, taking the number of fatalities in the state police force to 65. Of the three deceased, two died in the past 48 hours while the third policeman had died five days ago but his post-mortem report on Friday revealed that he was Covid-19 positive. Meanwhile, 35 police personnel from Thane Police commission­erate tested positive on Thursday.

Of the three deceased, the assistant inspector, aged 52, was posted at Samtanagar police station and developed symptoms of Covid-19 a week ago. After testing positive on June 26, he was admitted to Oscar Hospital in Kandivli for treatment where he died on Friday morning, a senior police officer said. A 54-year-old head constable attached to Thane Rural police headquarte­rs succumbed on Thursday while undergoing treatment at Vedanta Hospital, said Niket Kaushik, inspector general of police (Konkan Range).

CONSTABLE TESTS POSITIVE AFTER DEATH

A constable was found to be Covid-19 positive four days after his death. The cop’s family had refused to accept the body, following which KEM Hospital conducted a post-mortem wherein the cop, posted in the Anti Narcotics Cell, was found positive.

So far, 2,906 policemen have tested positive for Covid-19 in city police force with 42 deaths. 498 policemen are undergoing treatment while more than 2,260 have recovered. In the state police force, around 4,800 personnel have tested positive, of whom, 1,025 are undergoing treatment. The death toll in the state police force is 65 now.

35 COPS TEST POSITIVE IN THANE

As many as 35 police personnel, including a senior police inspector, from Thane Police commission­erate tested positive on Thursday. The senior police inspector has been admitted to a hospital while five of his teammates have been quarantine­d. Deputy police inspector B Patil said, “All of them are field officers who got infected while on duty.”

‘DON’T SHARE LIST OF COVID PATIENTS’

The state cyber police department on Friday said many Whatsapp groups are sharing lists of Covid-19 patients. “This amounts to an offence and if any person is found indulging in such act they would face lawful action,” said inspector general (cyber).

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