Special sub inspector dies during training in Chennai

CHENNAI: A 53-year-old special sub inspector (SSI) of police died of a heart attack in Avadi here on Wednesday morning.

The SSI, Prabhakaran of Pattabiram, was attached to the Central Crime Branch (CCB) in Avadi. He had been undergoing training for the post of sub-inspector since Nov 4.

On Wednesday morning, as he was getting ready at a battalion camp in Avadi, he collapsed. He was rushed to a govt hospital in Avadi where he was declared dead.

His body was then sent for a postmortem. Police are trying to find out whether he had a history of heart ailments.

Prabhakaran, a native of Jolarpet in Tirupathur district, joined the state police department as a grade II constable in 1997. He is survived by his wife and two children.