Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankariya
The Sarjapur police are awaiting PM report to ascertain the death of 26-year-olf Abhijit Shinde who collapsed and died under mysterious circumstances while rehearsing for the college event at the campus on Friday afternoon.
Abhijith, a first year MA was practicing dance at university’s annual fest UnMukt 2023 and collapsed
According to senior officials,the deceased, Abhijith Shinde,26,was attended by a doctor from the campus who later instructed to shift Shinde to the hospital.
Shinde was taken to Spandana Hospital at around 1:30 pm,where the doctors declared him brought dead,a police official stated.
The body was later sent to St John’s Medical College, Madiwala for post-mortem.The post-mortem of the body was completed on Saturday.
However, the doctors said the report will be out only on Monday.Until then we cannot ascertain the cause of the death,” said a police official.
The university in a press statement said,We are shocked and deeply saddened by the unfortunate demise of a student at the University campus.
The student,while participating in the opening event of the annual student festival,collapsed and,despite immediate medical help,could not be saved.
Our hearts go out to his family and friends who knew and loved him.We are doing everything possible to support his immediate family at this time of grief.”
A case of unnatural death has been registered at the Sarjapur Police Station.
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