Heart attacks in Hassan district: Three more cases reported
Hassan: With the incidents of heart attack rising in the district, three people succumbed to heart attack on Wednesday night in three separate cases reported from Hassan city, Alur and Sakleshpur.
Resident of Kallare village in Alur taluk and member of Karagodu Gram Panchayat Santhosh (41) reportedly suffered a heart attack when he was sleeping on Wednesday night. The matter came to light in the morning when the family members found Santhosh unresponsive. He was immediately taken to a private hospital in Hassan city but was declared dead.
In Hassan city, Sampath Kumar (53), a resident of Karigowda Colony, also is reported to have suffered a heart attack on Wednesday night. As he complained of chest pain, his family members rushed him to the Hassan Institute of Medical Sciences (HIMS) Hospital. Kumar, however, died as he failed to respond to the treatment at the hospital.
A 70-year-old man in Chikkanayakanahalli of Belagodu hobli, Sakleshpur taluk, CB Virupaksha, developed chest pain near midnight on Wednesday. He was taken immediately to the Crawford Hospital in Sakleshpur, but reportedly died midway.
The district has recorded up to 30 cases of heart attack over the last one and a half months, giving rise to worry among citizens and authorities.
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NEET student hangs self in Rajasthan's Sikar
Jaipur (PTI): A student preparing for the NEET examination allegedly committed suicide by hanging himself in a rented room in Rajasthan's Sikar on Friday, police said.
According to the police, the student allegedly hanged himself from a ceiling fan using his sister's scarf while one sister was attending coaching classes and the other was in the bathroom.
He had appeared in the NEET UG exam 2026, which was cancelled due to paper leak, they said.
Udyog Nagar SHO Rajesh Kumar said that the deceased, identified as Pradeep Meghwal, was a resident of Kanika ki Dhani village in Jhunjhunu's Gudha Gaudji area.
He had been living in a rented room in Sikar's Jaldhari Nagar area with his two sisters while preparing for NEET over the last three years.
His elder sister later found him hanging and informed the landlord and police after bringing him down, officials said.
The SHO said the body was kept at SK Hospital mortuary, and a postmortem had not been conducted.
The student's father, Rajesh Kumar Meghwal, told police that Pradeep's NEET examination had gone well and the family was expecting him to score around 650 marks.
Former Rajasthan deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot expressed grief over the incident and linked it to anxiety among students after reports of irregularities and paper leaks in NEET 2026.
Pilot said repeated paper leak incidents and cancellation of examinations were affecting students' mental health and demanded a time-bound investigation and strict action against those responsible.
