Lokpal Member Justice Tripathi Dies Of COVID-19

Lokpal Member Justice Tripathi Dies Of COVID-19

Lokpal member Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi has died due to COVID-19 infection on Saturday. The 62-year-old AK Tripathi breathed his last after suffering a cardiac arrest at New Delhi’s Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Centre of AIIMS.

As per the reports, he was tested positive for coronavirus and had been admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on April 2. Law & Justice Minister, Ravi Shankar Prasad took to his Twitter and condoled the death of Justice AK Tripathi. Justice Tripathi had also served as an Additional Advocate General in Bihar. Later, he was elevated as Additional Judge of the Patna High Court and later the Chief Justice. He was appointed the Judicial Member of the Lokpal on March 23 last year.