Tamil Nadu: 70-year-old man dies in bank queue

“We are told that he stood in line for a long time. He collapsed immediately after he was given the bank challan to withdraw cash. There was a huge crowd since morning,” said the officer. “Our officers arrived at the spot and called the doctor. But it was too late, efforts to revive him failed. He died on the floor, next to the counter.”

The video footage showed Subramanian lying on his wife’s lap minutes before his death. Bank transactions, meanwhile, continued.

The body was sent back to the village after the death was confirmed. “We arranged the ambulance,” said the officer.

Subramanian died after he completed procedures to withdraw around Rs 4,000, said bank sources. “His account had around Rs 17,000. We were told that he had to skip breakfast as he had to come all the way from his village,” said an official. Papanasam is the nearest town from the village, located at a distance of about 10 km.

The farm worker is survived by his wife and three daughters.