CISF official posted at warship building GRSEL succumbs to COVID-19

A Central Industrial Security Force personnel posted at GRSEL, a warship manufacturing facility in Kolkata, has succumbed to vel coronavirus, officials said on Friday. y said he constable Susanta Kumar Ghosh, 58, was a resident of Murshidab district of West Bengal.

This is fourth death from coronavirus in about 1.62 lakh personnel strong force and second from this unit, a defence PSU located in Kolkata. Earlier, 55-year-old Assistant Sub Inspector (ASI) rank official from this unit h succumbed to virus. An official posted at Indian Museum in Kolkata and ar in unit that guards Mumbai international airport have been earlier COVID-19 casualties in force.

At least 40 CISF personnel of GRSEL unit have been infected with disease and as per latest data, only one personnel is under treatment, while rest have recovered. Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers Limited (GRSEL), under  ministrative control of Defence Ministry, was entrusted with building four Anti-Submarine Warfare Corvettes (ASWCs) for Navy, all of which have been delivered.

It is a strategically important and sprawling warship building facility that caters to combat vessel requirements of t only Navy but also Coast Guard. GRSEL has both wet and dry docks for ship building and trial purposes which open on river front. Over 400 armed CISF personnel were deployed here in 2016 for providing an anti-terror cover to facility backed by vehicle-borne quick reaction teams.