Health Department officers take stock of the situation at Kakrana village in Rohtak district on Thursday. (Express photo)
A 55-year-old sub-inspector with the CRPF succumbed to COVID-19 infection on Tuesday in Delhi. This is the first death in the paramilitary force due to coronavirus. According to the CRPF, the sub-inspector, Mohammed Ikram Hussain, a resident of Barpeta in Assam, was attached with the 31st battalion of the CRPF. The battalion has its camp at Mayur Vihar.
Home Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to the sub-inspector, saying he kept fighting with coronavirus till his last breath and his contribution to national security was inspiring. “I am extremely saddened by the news of the death of CRPF's brave sub-inspector Mohammed Ikram Hussain while fighting coronavirus infection. He kept fighting with the epidemic with great courage till his last moment,” Shah tweeted in Hindi.
मैंने परसों ही सब-इंस्पेक्टर इकराम हुसैन के परिजनों से फोन पर बात कर उनका कुशलक्षेम जाना था। देश के एक बहादुर…
