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Senior citizen dies while casting vote in Pune

Updated on: 21 October,2019 04:25 PM IST  | 
Chaitraly Deshmukh |

The deceased had gone to cast his vote in Shantinagar based Mahatma Phule school where he fainted and collapsed on the ground

Senior citizen dies while casting vote in Pune

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In a shocking incident, a senior citizen person who was standing in the polling station booth queue to cast his vote collapsed and died. The deceased has been identified as Abdul Rahim Noormohammad Shaikh (60), a resident of Shantinagar vasat in Bhosari, Pune. The incident took place on Monday at 3 pm.


According to police officials, "The deceased had gone to cast his vote in Shantinagar based Mahatma Phule school. After checking his name, he was standing in a queue to cast his vote but he fainted and collapsed. He was rushed to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival."


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