Debdatta Roy, Deputy Magistrate
Debdatta Roy, the Deputy Magistrate at Chandannagar in Hooghly district of the Indian state of West Bengal – died on July 13, 2020 from Covid-19 complications.
The 33-year-old was admitted to Shramojibi Covid hospital in Sreerampur on July 12, 2020 evening. She died on July 13, 2020 morning, a first senior officer of Bengal government to have succumbed to the virus, media reports said.
Family claims she had been suffering from fever for the past few days, her Covid test along with her husband's came positive. Initially she and her husband, both had opted for home isolation. But later her condition began to deteriorate, she was hospitalised.
A 2011 batch WBCS executive, Debdatta had worked as BDO at Purulia. Later she was moved to Chandannagar as the Deputy Magistra...