Retired Army man dies while standing in queue at bank in MP

A 70-year-old retired Army man died here today while standing in a long queue at a bank to get demonetised notes exchanged, a senior official said.

Babulal was rushed to the district hospital where he was declared dead.

It appears that Babulal died of cardiac arrest, said Civil Surgeon K K Dixit of the district hospital.

The exact reason of his death will be known after the postmortem report, he added.

Babulal was standing in the queue of a State Bank of India's branch housed at the Collectorate, he collapsed and died, Bhind District Collector Ilayaraja T said.

According to sources, Babulal was visiting the bank for last two-three days to get the demonetised notes exchanged.