Odisha groom dies of Covid-19 on day of his marriage

A young man in the western Odisha district of Bargarh succumbed to Covid-19 the day he was supposed to get married, officials said

Updated on: May 28, 2021, 12:34:11 IST

By Debabrata Mohanty

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A young man in the western Odisha district of Bargarh succumbed to Covid-19 the day he was supposed to get married, officials said.

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“He was an amiable person. He was supposed to get married on May 25 but Covid took him away from us,” said a relative of the deceased groom.

Jibardhan Bhoi, in his twenties, was supposed to get married on May 25. Hailing from Attabira in Bargarh district, Bhoi worked in a child care institution in Sambalpur district as a manager.

However, on May 17, a day before he was supposed to come home for marriage, he tested positive for Covid-19 and had to be admitted to a Covid hospital in Sambalpur town. He succumbed to the infection on May 25, the day of his marriage.

A pall of gloom descended over the small town of Attabira after Bhoi’s death.

Early this month, a 26-year-old man in Kendrapara died of Covid-19 just 5 days after he got married. Sanjay Kumar Nayak, a native of Durgadevipada village in coastal Kendrapara district, got married on May 10 after returning from Bengaluru. However, he developed flu-like symptoms and tested positive for Covid-19 on May 13.

Initially, he was in home isolation but after his condition worsened, he was admitted to a private hospital in Bhubaneswar where he succumbed to the infection on May 15.

In May this year, at least 550 people in Odisha died of Covid-19, the highest since Covid-19 infections were reported in the state last year.

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Debabrata Mohanty
Debabrata Mohanty is a senior assistant editor of Hindustan Times who works as state correspondent from Odisha covering the state's politics, governance, public policy, natural disasters, environment and its society for close to three decades. With his long years of reporting from the state capital of Bhubaneswar, Mohanty has been known as one of the most experienced and credible journalists covering Odisha for the national English dailies. His reporting combines on-ground detail with deep institutional knowledge detailing the state's changing politics, governance issues, administrative reforms and the functioning of its public institutions. He has regularly reported on issues ranging from legislative developments and public policy implementation. Politics is his core areas of expertise as he closely tracks Odisha's political landscape, including the rise and transformation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), the two principal political parties in Odisha. His long association with the state's political establishment enables him to write on contemporary developments in a larger political context. Mohanty takes a deep interest in writing human interest stories, environmental issues and documenting the impact of cyclones, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related events in one of the most disaster-prone states. His coverage extends to public health, governance reforms and stories on accountability of government institutions. Before joining Hindustan Times, Mohanty worked with The Indian Express, Mail Today, and The Telegraph, where he covered at least six general elections and as many assembly elections. In 2007, he was selected for the prestigious Chevening Young Indian Print Journalist Programme at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom, where he received advanced training in print journalism. In 2009 he won the Press Institute of India-International Committee of Red Cross award on conflict reporting for his on-ground reportage of 2008 Kandhamal riots.Read More

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