Two Polling Officials Die in Karnataka & Chhattisgarh

A polling officer died of a heart attack in a polling booth number in Chamarajanagar district.

A polling officer died of a heart attack in polling booth number 48 near Sultan Sharif Circle of Chamarajanagar district, Karnataka, on Thursday, 18 April. According to police, he collapsed at the booth around 9 am and was declared dead at a hospital.

The polling official has been identified as 53-year-old Shanthamurthy, a resident of Chamarajanagar. A lecturer at the Government Pre-University College in Hanur, Shanthamurthy was deployed for election duty at booth number 48, reported The News Minute.

He was walking out of the booth at 9 am when he suffered a cardiac arrest. Security personnel called for an ambulance and rushed to the Chamarajanagar District Hospital. Doctors declared him dead and he did not respond to treatment, The News Minute reported.