JHAPA: Industrialist Parshuram Agrawal died of COVID-19 infection at the age of 62.

He was running dozens of industries including cement, noodles among others in the district.

Agrawal died in course of treatment in Siliguri, India-based Maharaja Agrasen Nursing Home last night.

A permanent resident of Bhadrapur Municipality-5 in the district, Agrawal was in home isolation for the past three weeks and was later admitted to the hospital on June 18.

His last rites were performed in Bhadarpur this morning.