15-year-old Schoolboy dies of ‘cardiac arrest’ in Salem
A 15-year-old student in Salem, Tamil Nadu, died after fainting during physical exercise at school. While initial reports suggest cardiac arrest, the family has expressed suspicion, leading to a police investigation.
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A 15-year-old schoolboy from Bhoomireddipatti near Periya Soragai in Nangavalli died reportedly of cardiac arrest on Saturday (August 22). Relatives of the boy, however, expressed suspicion over his death and refused to accept his body after post-mortem examination.
According to police, R. Sridhar, a resident of Bhoomireddipatti near Periya Soragai in Nangavalli, was a Class 11 student at a government higher secondary school in Vanavasi.
On Friday evening, he, along with his friends, did push-ups on the school ground, during which Sridhar fainted. The teachers took him to the nearby primary health centre for first aid and later took him to a private hospital, but he died on the way.
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