Hyderabad: A 21-year-old man collapsed and died during a physical test held in Nalgonda for recruiting personnel for the Telangana police. Vasa Rajashekar, a degree second year student from Penpahad mandal, collapsed while participating in the 800 meter running test at the Makala Abhinav Stadium on Monday.
He was rushed to hospital, where he died while undergoing treatment early on Tuesday. Doctors at the Nalgonda government hospital, where Rajashekar was admitted, said he died due to heart failure.
Police said Rajashekar had finished one lap and was doing the second lap when he collapsed. “He was running faster than the other candidates and had finished 400 meters quickly. Most of the others were around 100 meters behind him.
Suddenly he fell on the ground. The medical team at the spot gave him first aid and rushed him to hospital,” said Nalgonda SP Prakash Reddy.
Doctors gave him immediate treatment. “ue to physical activity his heart had enlarged and enough blood was not circulating through it. He collapsed after blood circulation came down drastically. The death could most probably due to heart failure,” said a doctor.
Forensic doctors, who did the autopsy also gave the same opinion. Senior officials of the TS Police Recruitment Board said the man must not have had proper training before appearing in the physical test. Police booked a case of suspicious death. His body was handed over to family.
Hailing from a poor family in Mukundapur village, Rajashekar had qualified in the written test and was waiting for the physical test. His relatives said that he wanted to join as a constable and try for higher posts in future.
