Hathras stampede: As bodies piled up, a shocked police constable dies of heart attack

NEW DELHI: Ravi Yadav, 30, a constable who was assigned to a Quick Response Team (QRT) following the stampede at a religious congregation in Hathras on Tuesday, suffered a heart attack and subsequently passed away at Etah Medical College.

Following the death of over 100 people attending the event, their bodies were taken for a post-mortem. According to police officials, Yadav was part of the team assigned responsibility for management of the bodies. “He was shocked to see that so many people, mostly women, had died. While we were going about our work, he suddenly fell on the ground. We rushed him to hospital, but he had already passed away by then. Doctors said that “He probably suffered acute trauma on seeing multiple bodies, leading to a heart attack,” said Lalit Chaudhary, a constable who was on duty along with Yadav.