Delhi: ASI dies after cardiac arrest, family points to ‘work pressure’

Delhi | Thursday | 16th May, 2019

Summary:

He suffered a cardiac arrest in 2017… His colleagues told us he was punished Tuesday with extra physical exercise for not shaving. “I had known him for over eight years… He suffered from a heart problem, everyone knew this,” said the ASI. A 52-year-old assistant sub-inspector (ASI), who was undergoing a three-month course at Wazirabad’s Police Training School (PTS), died after he allegedly suffered a cardiac arrest Wednesday morning. Around 3.30 am, ASI Suresh Chand was rushed to a government hospital nearby, where he was declared dead on arrival, said DCP (Northeast) Atul Kumar Thakur. He was not punished either.”Around 3 am, Chand asked his friend, another ASI, to pass him his nebuliser..