RTI reply: Stress takes a heavy toll on Chandigarh cops

Chandigarh | Wednesday | 17th April, 2019

Summary:

Eighteen of these 204 policemen died of heart attack, while 135 died due to stress-related afflictions, states the RTI reply. The RTI reply also sheds light on the poor state of physical fitness of the city cops. “No information is available about the cause of deaths of 40 police personnel,” states the report. AS MANY as 204 police personnel of the Chandigarh Police died during service between January 2010 and April 2019. This information is part of the reply submitted to an RTI query..