Covid-19 claims 35 cops from Maharashtra in 13 days, toll now 192

MUMBAI: September could turn out to be the worst-hit month for the state police force, with 35 personnel having succumbed to Covid-19 in the first 13 days of the month. In August, a total of 54 personnel had died due to the virus. In the last 48 hours, four police personnel died due to the virus—two from Mumbai, one each from Thane and Amravati.
The death of a Nagpur railway police constable, who died on September 4, was recorded in the state report on Sunday. The state police toll is now 192. Assistant sub inspector Laxman Sawant (56), of Mankhurd police, died on Sunday. He had completed 36 years in service on September 1. Sawant, who had comborbities, is surivived by a wife and son. Inspector Xavier Rego (53), of Vakola police, died due to the virus on Sunday. Rego was recovering from a road accident at home, when he had a heart attack. His Covid test report came positive after his death. Sub inspector Madhukar Gherde (57), of the East Control Room, breathed his last at a Thane hospital on September 11. He had comorbidities.