RJ cop who suffered cardiac arrest during tiff with bandh supporters dies

Don't want to miss the best from Business Standard?

A police officer, who had sustained a severe cardiac arrest here yesterday during a tiff with bandh supporters, died today while he was in transit to Ahmedabad for treatment, officials said.

Mahamandir police station SHO Mahendra Choudhary was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here, they said.

His condition started deteriorating today following which his family members decided to take him to Ahmedabad for better care.

"But he breathed his last near Mehsana in the ambulance itself," DCP (East) Amandeep Singh Kapoor said, adding that he suffered yet another arrest on the way.

Choudhary was declared "brought dead" by doctors at a hospital in Ahmedabad, Kapoor said.

Police had cleared a green corridor for his ambulance to pass through the city until the highway, he added.

Choudhary, a resident of Atbara village in Pali district, had joined the Rajasthan Police as a constable. He became a sub inspector in 2014 and was holding the charge of the SHO of Mahamandir police station here.