Tragedy begets tragedy!
Within just 12 days of Rajya Sabha member & Padma Vibhushan, Raghunath Mohapatra’s demise due to Covid, his two sons also succumbed to the virus. Jashobanta Mohapatra, the eldest son of Raghunath Mohapatra, succumbed to Covid-19 on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Bhubaneswar. According to sources, Jashobanta was shifted to SUM Covid Hospital from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on May 19th after his condition deteriorated. On the same day, Jashobanta’s younger brother and the former Odisha cricket team captain Prashant Mohapatra died of the virus while undergoing treatment at AIIMS. Earlier on May 9th, Raghunath Mohapatra passed away at AIIMS Bhubaneswar where he was admitted after testing COVID19 positive.