Karnataka: Head constable dies due to heart attack in Mangaluru

MANGALURU: A police head constable attached to

Moodbidri police station

died due to a

heart attack

on Wednesday. The deceased Santhosh G,36, had put in around 12 years of service, and hailed from Soraba in Shivamogga district.


Santhosh had been to

Thirthahalli

in connection with a missing case. He had complained of chest pain, and was rushed to a hospital, where he breathed his last. He is survived by his wife and two-year-old son. He had been working at the Moodbidri station for the past two years, and prior to that, had served various other police stations in the city.

City police commissioner

N Shashi Kumar

tweeted: "Youngest member of the police family to succumb to heart attack.

Santhosh HC-435

, attached to Moodbidri police station has breathed his last. May his soul rest in peace."

This is the second death reported in the city police limits due to heart attack, in the past four months. Sidharth J,41, police head constable attached to Urwa police station, died due to a heart attack on October 2, last year.