This story is from June 24, 2020

Thane: Traffic cop from Mira-Bhayander succumbs to Covid-19

Thane: Traffic cop from Mira-Bhayander succumbs to Covid-19
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MUMBAI: A traffic cop from Mira-Bhayander who was in the forefront tackling the migrant exodus during lockdown succumbed to Covid-19.
This is the first death of a cop from the Mira-Bhayander region.
The officer was admitted to the Seven Hills hospital in Andheri.
The senior inspector was on duty on the highway at Kashimira handling migrants who were walking to get to their home states in Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Rajasthan etc.

The death toll of cops in Maharashtra has touched 51. The number of positive cases among cops in the state has crossed 4,000. Of these over a 1,000 are active cases.
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Sandhya Nair

Sandhya Nair, Assistant Editor at The Times of India, Mumbai. Writes on School Education, covers developments in Mira-Bhayander, Palghar district.

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