HYDERABAD: Additional SP of Jagtial district
K Dakshina Murthy died of Covid-19 on Wednesday morning. He was admitted to a hospital in Karimnagar after testing positive for the virus and passed away.
IPS officer Rema Rajeswari condoled the death of Dakshina Murthy. “A sad day for TS Police. We lost a great police officer to Covid-19 today. Dakshina Murthy was a highly decorated officer.
His contribution to anti-extremist work, Medaram Jatara and policing at large will never be forgotten,” the Mahbubnagar SP said in a tweet.
Dakshina Murthy belongs to the 1989 batch of sub-inspectors and served at various places in erstwhile Warangal and Khammam districts as SI, circle inspector and DSP.
According to official sources, Dakshina Murthy suffered a heart attack at 5.30am at a hospital in Karimnagar, where he was admitted for Covid treatment. Jagtial district in-charge SP and Karimnagar police commissioner VB Kamalasan Reddy and other police officers conveyed their condolences to the family of Dakshina Murthy.