Assam Unidentified dead body Guwahati Panikhaiti
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One policeman expired in Meghalaya while staying in a quarantine centre and the state health department said the cause of the death was not COVID19 infection.

The 54-year-old Meghalaya Police constable, identified as Ajay Baidya from the 1st Battalion, died at the Mahatma Gandhi University quarantine centre in Khanapara.

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The police man had to quarantine as he came in contact of a COVID19 positive patient.

The constable complained of stomachache, vomited blood and later fell unconscious.

“The exact cause of the death will be known only after receiving the post-mortem report,” an official in the health department said.

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Sources said an antigen test was conducted immediately after the patient died, and the test result came out negative.