Relatives at the cremation of a Covid victim in Kanpur on Friday
BAREILLY: As many as six people have lost their lives due to confirmed Covid and Covid-like symptoms after performing panchayat election duty in Lakhimpur Kheri district, which went to polls on April 19.
Assistant teacher Sunita Rani (32), who was posted in a primary school in Nakha, died on April 21. She had reported for poll duty at a polling station in Mitauli block and later took ill. She was experiencing breathlessness and died while being treated at home.
Sushma Kannaujiya, principal of a government primary school in Maharajnagar, was unwell but her application to cancel her duty in Mohammadi was turned down. Post-duty, her condition deteriorated and she died on Wednesday, gasping for breath.