A resident of Samsara village under the Patkura police station, Sunkar Jena (78), on Tuesday fell down while he was standing in a queue at the Patkura panchayat office for obtaining his old age pension.
later, locals rushed Jena to the Patkura CHC for treatment. But he was declared brought dead by the doctor on duty, said Kendrapada SDPO Keadarnath Sahu.
The old man was standing in a queue for more than three hours, exposed to the sun. So he might have been suffered from head reeling and died of exhaustion, informed the locals.
In another incident, a resident of Rajnagar, who had gone to the district Collectorate on Tuesday for some work, fell down in the toilet of the office. He was rushed to the hospital in a critical condition, informed official sources.