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Image Credit: Laxmi Ratan Shukla Facebook

Laxmi Ratan Shukla's wife tests positive for Covid-19, family quarantined

| @indiablooms | Jul 12, 2020, at 02:49 am

Kolkata/IBNS: The wife of former Indian cricketer and West Bengal Minister-of-State for Sports and Youth Services, Laxmi Ratan Shukla, has tested positive for Novel Coronavirus.

Smita Sanyal Shukla, a senior official of state health department, has tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, the minister informed on Saturday.

Laxmi Ratan Shukla said he and others in his family, including his two sons and father, have quarantined themselves at their residence.

"We are under home quarantine and will get ourselves tested on Wednesday or Thursday," Laxmi Ratan Shukla said.

Meanwhile, seven Kolkata Police personnel, including an SI, three ASIs, two constables and a civic volunteer posted at Kasba Police station have reportedly tested positive for novel coronavirus.

The entire police station was disinfected on Saturday, reports said.

(Image Credit: Laxmi Ratan Shukla Facebook)

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