Metres from finish line: Constable aspirant dies after collapsing during Surat police recruitment run

Mini Joseph, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Surat, said, “The police constable recruitment drive was in progress at the police ground in Vav village. Ravindra was rushed to New Civil Hospital in Surat in an ambulance, where his condition was stabilised after primary treatment.”

“After feeling stable, he took discharge from the hospital and returned to the hotel at Kamrej to collect his belongings. He felt a minor chest pain in the hotel and was rushed to Modi Hospital at Kamrej. The doctors declared him dead after primary treatment.”

“We intimated his family members about the incident, and they came to Surat. We handed the dead body to his family Saturday after the postmortem.”

An accidental death complaint has been lodged with the Kamrej police station in connection with the incident. The Kamrej police recorded the incident in the official police diary.