The country’s federal counter-terrorist commando force National Security Guard (NSG) reported its first coronavirus-linked death on Wednesday when a senior commander succumbed to the infection, officials said.
Group Commander BK Jha was admitted to the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) hospital in Greater Noida after he contracted COVID-19 and breathed his last early morning, they said.
This is the first death from coronavirus in the NSG. The officer was working with one of the administrative units of the force and was not in the combat wing, they added. He was 53 years old.
Jha, originally a 1993-batch officer of the BSF cadre, hailed from Bihar. The officer joined the NSG on deputation from the BSF in 2018. He had earlier served as the principal staff officer and commandant to the BSF director-general.
“DG and all ranks of NSG mourn his death and remember his distinguished service to the Nation. May Almighty rest his noble soul in eternal peace and give strength to his family to bear the loss,” the NSG said in its tweet.
