<p>Veteran athlete Debanand Patra has died at his home in Phulbani town in Kandhamal district of Odisha following a brief illness.</p>.<p>He was 90 and is survived by three daughters and two sons.</p>.<p>Patra, who was also a retired police officer, died on Wednesday night. He had tested positive for Covid-19 a few days earlier and was undergoing treatment at his home, Phulbani Municipality Executive Officer Baladev Behera said.</p>.<p>Patra had participated in national events in various categories of athletics, and was felicitated by the state government and Kandhamal district administration.</p>.<p>His admirers had thronged his house to pay their last respects.</p>.<p>The last rites were conducted at a Christian burial ground in Phulbani with strict adherence to Covid norms, Oriya Baptist Church, Phulbani general secretary Gideon Nayak said.</p>
<p>Veteran athlete Debanand Patra has died at his home in Phulbani town in Kandhamal district of Odisha following a brief illness.</p>.<p>He was 90 and is survived by three daughters and two sons.</p>.<p>Patra, who was also a retired police officer, died on Wednesday night. He had tested positive for Covid-19 a few days earlier and was undergoing treatment at his home, Phulbani Municipality Executive Officer Baladev Behera said.</p>.<p>Patra had participated in national events in various categories of athletics, and was felicitated by the state government and Kandhamal district administration.</p>.<p>His admirers had thronged his house to pay their last respects.</p>.<p>The last rites were conducted at a Christian burial ground in Phulbani with strict adherence to Covid norms, Oriya Baptist Church, Phulbani general secretary Gideon Nayak said.</p>