Two youths fell unconscious while taking part in a police recruitment drive here and died in hospitals later, a senior police official said on Saturday.
The recruits, aged around 25, collapsed on Friday while undergoing physical examination tests here, Kurukshetra SP, Simardeep Singh said on Saturday.
While one youth died at GMCH hospital at Sector 32, the other passed away at civil hospital here.
Asked about reports that the youths had died after using performance enhancing drugs, Singh said, “I have come to know about this through media reports only. However, I cannot make any comment on this as the postmortem is still underway.”
“Haryana Staff Selection Commission is conducting the police recruitment rally. It is being held from June 15 till July 12,” he said.
The youth who died at PGMIR has been identified by police as Somvir, a resident of Bhiwani district, while the other victim who hails from Hisar died at lNJP Hospital.
As per reports, a police recruitment drive is going on from June 15 to July 4 for
10,000 posts of constables in the Haryana Police, in which nearly five lakh candidates are expected to participate.
The candidates are required to cover a distance of 5 km in 25 minutes as a prerequisite to their selection process.
However, Kurukshetra Deputy Commissioner Rajnarayan Kaushik, said there is no facility to conduct dope test at the recruitment centre, prompting use of banned drugs by young participants who want to enhance their physical performance.
Meanwhile, police have handed over the bodies to their claimants after post-mortem.