Bhubaneswar, Aug. 26 -- Bhubaneswar/Raigarh: Former legislator from Brajarajnagar, Anup Sai has tested positive for Covid19. Superintendent of Raigarh jail in Chhattisgarh where Sai is lodged in connection with a double murder case confirmed about the development.

As per Anup's elder brother, Pramod Sai, he was admitted to a government hospital by the jail authorities in critical condition after he complained of chest pain on Tuesday afternoon. Later as his health condition deteriorated, he was shifted to a private hospital.

Hospital sources said that the former legislator had suffered a heart attack and was put on a ventilator. His swab tests confirmed the presence of Coronavirus infection today.

On February 12 earlier this year, Raig...