Police aspirant dies while jogging in City stadium

Patna: A 30-year-old aspirant for the Bihar Police sub-inspector (SI) collapsed and died while jogging in Manoj Kamalia Stadium in the Chowk police station area of Patna City on Friday morning.The deceased, Sanjay Kumar Rawat, a resident of Barahboria in Madhubani district, was preparing for competitive exams and was living in a rented room near Patna Sahib railway station. Wearing a tracksuit, he went to the stadium for jogging but suddenly collapsed with blood flowing from his nose and died.The police sent the body for postmortem at the NMCH, but the family members, not wanting an autopsy, took it back to their home in Madhubani by an ambulance.Sanjay, son of Asharfi Rawat, a retired railways employee, was the youngest among his three brothers and two sisters. His elder brothers, Vijay Kumar and Ajay Kumar are unemployed and live in Madhubani.SI Gaurav Kumar said, "During the preliminary investigation, it appears that Sanjay died due to cold stroke. However, the exact cause of death will be known from the autopsy report. He was preparing for competitive exams and used to jog in the stadium regularly."According to police sources, Sanjay took the BPSC preliminary exam last year, of which the results were announced on Thursday. He was depressed as he could not clear the prelims.The deceased's friend and neighbour, Prabhat Kumar said: "Sanjay was living alone in the rented room. He was very serious about his career. He had an aim to join the police force, but unfortunately, destiny had something else in store."Saurabh Kumar, cousin of the deceased, said: "Sanjay was physically fit and fine. He seems to have died due to brain haemorrhage, as he was bleeding from his nose, after he fell on the ground." He added that Sanjay had done his schooling and graduation from Madhubani. "His family had a lot of hope from him after his father retired," he said.Dr Kunal Kumar, a neurosurgeon at NMCH said: "Brain haemorrhage and cardiac arrest are common during winter because cold weather causes blood vessels to constrict, leading to a rise in blood pressure, which is a major risk factor for a haemorrhage. The cold weather puts additional strain on already weakened blood vessels, making them more likely to rupture. Same is the condition with cardiac arrests."