Trucker commits suicide in Tripura after COVID-19 positive report

AGARTALA: A old truck helper from Punjab's Pathankot who tested positive for COVID-19 was found hanging in a Corona waiting centre in North Tripura district, police informed today.

Truck driver Tarsem Singh (48) along with his assistant Balbinder Singh (33) reached Churaibari check gate, the entry point of Tripura from Pathankot on Tuesday night.

As COVID-19 test is mandatory for those who are coming from outside the state, they were set for a test at Churaibari Sales Tax Complex on the same night.

While Tarsem tested negative, Balbinder tested positive for COVID-19. Accordingly, he was taken to a designated room by the health workers before being sent to a quarantine centre at Panisagar.

When a medical team came to Churaibari Sales Tax Complex to take Balbinder, to the Covid quarantine centre, they found his body hanging from a window.

On being alerted, a police team of Churaibari police station rushed to the spot and recovered the body by maintaining Covid protocols.

Police believes that he committed suicide inside the room out of scare by using lays of tracksuit he wore. A case of Unnatural Death (UD) has been registered for investigation to ascertain what could lead to the death of a Corona patient.

A local official said the body has been taken to District Hospital at Dharmanagar for autopsy.

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