CRPF Trooper Posted In Kulgam Dies Of Covid-19

Srinagar, July 13 A paramilitary CRPF trooper, who was posted in Kulgam, has died at a hospital here due to covid-19 on Monday. The trooper’s death is the second fatality due to the virus among the paramilitary ranks in Jammu and Kashmir so far.

Medical Superintendent SMHS hospital here told that the 55-year-old died at the hospital this morning. “His sample came out to be positive this afternoon,” he added.

Earlier, on June 8, a 40-year-old CRPF trooper, posted in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district, had died at SKISM Soura here.