KOLKATA: A Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) jawan posted in Kolkata did due to coronavirus infection on Friday. The deceased CISF jawan has been identified Susanta Kumar Ghosh of Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSEL) unit of CISF in Kolkata.
This is the third death of a CISF personnel in Kolkata due to Covid-19 infection. Earlier this month, an Assistant Sub Inspector Jharu Burman, 55, posted at the GRSEL security unit in Kolkata succumbed to coronavirus. He died on May 12. He was under treatment in a local hospital for some time.
Prior to that, a CISF ASI posted at the Indian Museum in Kolkata had died of COVID-19.
At least 40 CISF personnel of the GRSEL unit have been infected with the disease and, as per latest data, only one person is under treatment, while the rest have recovered.
The 1.62 lakh personnel strong force tasked primarily to guard civil airports in the country and vital infrastructure in the aerospace and nuclear domain has more than 70 active cases of the pandemic till now, as per officials.
The CAPFs like the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP and SSB - as per latest data - have about 758 active cases of the disease.
The Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Limited (GRSEL), under the administrative control of the Defence Ministry, was entrusted with building four Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes (ASWCs) for the Navy, all of which have been delivered.
It is a strategically important and sprawling warship building facility that caters to the combat vessel requirements of not only the Navy but also the Coast Guard.
The GRSEL has both wet and dry docks for shipbuilding and trial purposes which open on the riverfront.
Over 400 armed CISF personnel were deployed here in 2016 for providing an anti-terror cover to the facility backed by vehicle-borne quick reaction teams.
