Assistant Commissioner of Police dies in harness
The Hindu
Assistant Commissioner of Police in Kolathur dies of cardiac arrest while on bandobust duty for Formula car racing event.
S.Sivakumar, Assistant Commissioner of Police, Kolathur, on Saturday collapsed while he was on bandobust duty and died later due to a cardiac arrest.
In the forenoon of Saturday, he was on duty with other police personnel near Munro Statue in view of Formula car racing event to be held in the late evening. At 12.45 p.m., he collapsed. He was immediately rushed to Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital. He subsequently died, without responding to the treatment due to cardiac arrest, sources said. His colleagues pointed out that extreme fatigue and long hours of duty could be the reason for his ill-health.
Mr. Sivakumar, who was 53, joined the police service in 1997 and is survived by his wife and two children.