Madhya Pradesh: Man on way to attend Bharat Jodo Yatra dies of heart attack

Rahul Gandhi during Congress` Bharat Jodo Yatra. File Pic

A Congress worker on the way to attend Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra in Susner in Madhya Pradesh's Agar-Malwa district died of a heart attack on Saturday, a health official said.

He was identified as Mangilal Shah (55), a resident of Zirapur town in Rajgarh district, the official said.

"He was on his way to attend Bharat Jodo Yatra in Susner in Agar-Malwa district when he suffered a heart attack. He was rushed by Congress workers to Susner civil hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival," Block Medical Officer Manish Kuril said.

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Doctors insisted on conducting post mortem but his supporters took the body for the last rites, the official said.

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