MUMBAI: A 57-year-old police constable who had been diagnosed with COVID-19 passed away in Mumbai on Saturday, officials said.
Chandrakant Ganapat Pendurkar, Head Constable from Vakola Police Station in Mumbai, was battling the virus for the past few days, Mumbai Police tweeted.
He lived in Worli Naka area in south Mumbai.
A total of 96 police personnel, including 15 officers, have contracted coronavirus infection in Maharashtra so far, officials had said earlier in the day.