GUWAHATI: Rajarshi Kalita son of Assam's writer Arupa Kalita Patangia succumbed to COVID-19 in Delhi yesterday evening.
The 41-year-old was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Delhi since he had been infected with the virus, where he breathed his last.
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Rajarshi Kalita left behind his wife and a son.
Rajarshi Kalita served as a Professor at Shyam Lal College under Delhi University.
The national capital in the past 24 hours reported 20,960 new cases of COVID-19.