Hosts of two birthday parties pass away in Hyderabad

HYDERABAD: In separate incidents, two persons who hosted birthday parties passed away after contracting Covid-19.
In the last week of June, a 63-year-old pawn broker, who is also a financier of an MLA contestant, threw a birthday at his residence in Himayathnagar. Around 100 people attended the party in his standalone building.
The pawn broker died on July 1, after testing positive for Covid-19.Following this, the attendees and their family members either got themselves admitted in private hospitals or went into isolation. “The people who attended the party were businessmen who are into construction and jewellery business. As the person who passed away was a financier, most of them attended the party to be in his good books,” said a jewellery store owner from Banjara Hills Road Number 10, who skipped the party. GHMC officials claimed only 20 people attended the party.
In another incident, a 47-year-old jewellery shop-owner from Secunderabad, who hosted a birthday party, passed away on June 30. Most attendees have closed their shops in Pot Market after his death. While GHMC officials admitted a party was hosted, the police denied it. “ We did not receive any complain regarding the party, so a case has not been registered,” said a Narayanguda police station official.