CORONAVIRUS WAR; PUNJAB ACP ANIL KOHLI DIES
Bureau,Odishabarta
Chandigarh: Assistant Commissioner of Police (North) Anil Kohli, who was posted in Ludhiana city, on Saturday succumbed to coronavirus, taking the virus toll to 16 in Punjab.
The 52-year-old officer was diagnosed positive on April 13. The officer was on a ventilator in a private hospital in Ludhiana since April 11, Civil Surgeon Rajesh Bagga told Press.
In a first-of-its-kind clinical use in the state, doctors on Saturday decided to try to cure him by using plasma. Doctors said he died due to multiple organ failure before the plasma therapy could be administered.
According to source, this is the second COVID-19 death in Ludhiana in the past two days and the fifth since the pandemic struck. Three of his close contacts, including his wife, have also tested positive.
Describing his death as a personal loss, Director General of Police Dinkar Gupta said: “Our brother officer Anil Kohli, ACP Ludhiana, lost his battle against COVID-19 today afternoon. Anil served Punjab Police and the people of Punjab for over 30 years.”.
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