CRPF sub-inspector from Assam died of COVID-19 in Delhi

28 April: A 55-year-old CRPF sub-inspector from Assam, who was tested positive for the novel coronavirus or COVID-19, passed away on Tuesday at Safdarjung hospital, New Delhi. 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.

The Central Reserve Police (CRPF) official, a resident of Barpeta in Assam, had got the infection from a nursing assistant of the force who had also tested positive earlier this month. The SI was reported COVID-19 positive on April 24 and was admitted to Safdarjung hospital. A total of 30 other CRPF personnel in contact with the nursing assistant are kept in a quarantine centre of Delhi government in Mandoli.

Home Minister Amit Shah paid tributes to the sub-inspector through his twitter handle. Shah tweeted in Hindi, “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.”

कोरोना संक्रमण से लड़ रहे @crpfindia के बहादुर सब-इंस्पेक्टर मोहम्मद इकराम हुसैन के निधन की सूचना से अत्यंत दुःखी हूँ।

वह अंत समय तक कोरोना महामारी से पूरी वीरता से लड़े। देश की सेवा व आंतरिक सुरक्षा के लिए उनका योगदान हम सभी देशवासियों को प्रेरित करता है।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) April 28, 2020

Director general of CRPF, Anand Prakash Maheshwari also expressed grief at the demise of Hussain. Assam Police also expressed deep grief at the death of Ikram Hussain. On its official Facebook page, Assam Police wrote, “We are deeply saddened to hear of the demise of CRPF SI Ikram Hussain, who hailed from Barpeta in Assam. The Nation salutes his supreme sacrifice in the fight against #COVID19. Our condolences to the bereaved family.”