Surat returnee dies in home quarantine in Odisha

 A Surat returnee died while being on home quarantine at a vill in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Thursday, police said. migrant worker was identified as 54-year-old Sarat Chandra Mohanta of Bhalubasa vill.

Mohanta had returned to Odisha from Surat 10 days ago and was put under institutional quarantine at Betti Adarsha Vidyalaya for 7 days. He was discharged from institutional quarantine three days ago and advised home quarantine.

" deceased, had symptom of coronavirus. Suddenly he felt restless this morning and came out of house and died soon after," Mohanta's family members said. His son works in a company in Surat.

Though migrant worker had stayed at quarantine centre for seven days after returning from Gujarat, authorities had t collected his sample for coronavirus test, his family members claimed, which was confirmed by in- charge of centre and sarpanch of Nahandasole panchayat, Sumitra Majhi.

Ashok Kumar Nayak, inspector-in-charge of Betti police station said, a case of unnatural death has been registered and Mohanta's body was sent to PRM Medical College and Hospital at Baripada for post-mortem.

villrs are reluctant to join migrant worker's funeral, Nayak said. " body will be cremated in accordance with COVID-19 protocol after a medical team from Baripada collects swab," inspector said.