NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 18
Tamil Nadu Police lost its first officer to coronavirus on Wednesday evening. His remains were laid to rest with full honours on Thursday morning.
The 47-year old Inspector Balamurali was serving at the Mambalam Police Station here. He is survived by his wife and two children, aged nine and 13.
Tamil Nadu on Thursday witnessed the burial of two uniformed service personnel. The first one was that of Army soldier K. Palani, who was killed in the clash with Chinese troops in eastern Ladakh on Monday, and the second was that of the Inspector who succumbed to coronavirus.
The Tamil Nadu police observed two minutes silence to pay respect to the departed soul across all the stations on Thursday evening as per the order of the Director General of Police J.K. Tripathi.
Condoling the death of the police official, Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami said that a government job would be given to one of his family members.
The Inspector had tested positive for coronavirus earlier this month and breathed his last at the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital on Wednesday.
