Odisha Vigilance Director Debasis Panigrahi,IPS dies of Covid

Bureau,Odishabarta

Bhubaneswar: State Vigilance Director Debasis Panigrahi succumbed to Covid while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Kolkata on Friday. He was 56. The 1991 batch IPS officer breathed his last at around 10.15 pm.

Panigrahi was airlifted to the healthcare facility in Kolkata on June 8 as he required ECMO support after deterioration of his health condition. He had developed complications,including inflammation of lungs. Panigrahi was initially admitted to Ashwini COVID Hospital, Cuttack on May 29.

Born on August 29, 1965 in Balasore, Panigrahi graduated in political science and did MPhil from JNU and later PhD. He was popular in the bureaucratic circle for his literary works. Panigrahi was also an Odia Sahitya Akademi award winner. Several of his novels and short stories have been published in various languages.

He had assumed office as Vigilance Director in October 2017.

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