Another cop dies from Covid-19

The officer-in-charge (OC) of Daulatpur Police Station in Kushtia died from coronavirus on Wednesday night.

SM Arifur Rahman breathed his last while undergoing treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Dhaka's Rajarbagh Police Central Hospital around 10:45pm, read a press release.

Arifur, 42, was admitted to Kushtia General Hospital when he was diagnosed with coronavirus on August 14, the release added.

He was shifted to Rajarbagh Police Central Hospital the same day as his condition deteriorated, it added.

He left behind his father, mother, wife, one-year-old child and a host of relatives to mourn his death.

He joined work as a sub-inspector of Bangladesh Police on February 23, 2006. Later on August 22, 2019 he was transferred to Khulna range of the police.

On August 31, 2019, he was appointed as OC of Daulatpur Police Station.

The first namaz-e-janaza of Arifur was held at Kushtia Police Lines yesterday morning and the body was sent to his village home at Samant Sena village in Rupsha upazila of Khulna.

Seventy-two police personnel so far have died of coronavirus in the country, the release said.