A girl cadet of National Cadet Corps (NCC) died while returning from the parade practice for the Republic Day at Kushalpur Chowk here on Friday evening.
After attending the rehearsal parade for Republic Day at Police Parade ground, she was on way to her house, City Superintendent of Police (CSP), Kotwali, Anshuman Sisodiya told The Pioneer. “The deceased was identified as Purnima Dhruv daughter of Sudha Ram Dhruv resident of Madhu Chowk, Purani Basti. She was a student of first year in Government Dudhdhari Bajrang Girls’ PG College,” the he said.
After completing parade schedule for the day, the girl was going home along with her friends. She had reached Kushalpur Chowk when she lost her consciousness and was rushed to Ramkinkar Hospital from where she was referred to Dr BR Ambedkar Memorial Hospital. However, Purnima died on way to the hospital, the CSP said. To a query about stressful parade schedule, the CSP said that parade rehearsal is held in two shifts. First is held in the morning hours while the other is held from 3 pm to 5 pm. The CSP said that exact reason of death would be known only after the post mortem report is obtained.