MP: Cong leader suffers heart attack at counting centre, dies
Sehore, May 23: A local Congress leader died of cardiac arrest at a counting center at Sehore in Madhya Pradesh Thursday.
Ratan Singh Thakur, district Congress chief, suffered a heart attack around 10 am as counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls was underway.
He was taken to the district hospital but could not be saved, a Congress leader said.
Chief Minister Kamal Nath condoled the death, saying that Thakur was an "energetic, hard-working and friendly person".
Former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also paid tributes to Thakur.
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Murder case accused dies in police custody due to 'illness'
Bengaluru (PTI): A 45-year-old murder case accused allegedly died due to illness while in police custody, police said on Thursday.
The deceased was arrested by the Mahalakshmi Layout police on April 28 in connection with a conspiracy to rob money and gold ornaments from a woman living alone by causing a fatal accident.
“In this case, one accused was arrested and produced before the court for further investigation, and police custody was obtained. On May 2, at around 2:00 a.m., the accused complained of stomach pain. He was immediately admitted as an inpatient atVictoria Hospital.
On May 5, at around 9:20 a.m., the doctors at Victoria Hospital informed that the accused had died after failing to respond to treatment,” police said in a release.
The accused had a history of long-term illness, it said. “While he was in police custody, he became unwell due to stomach pain and was admitted to Victoria Hospital for treatment. He died after failing to respond to treatment.”
According to police, against this person, three cases were registered at Seshadripuram Police Station, one at Mahalakshmi Layout Police Station, one at High Grounds Police Station, and one at Rajagopal Nagar Police Station.
Earlier, a rowdy sheet had been opened against him at Seshadripuram Police Station.
