THE JHARKHAND STORY NETWORK
Ranchi, Sept 2: Yet another youth died today while taking a physical efficiency test for an excise constable’s job in Palamu, taking the toll to 12 during the ongoing recruitment test drive, scheduled to conclude on September 4.
The youth has been identified as Deepak Kumar Paswan, 25. On August 28, Deepak fainted while running. He had completed the nine-kilometre race. While completing the tenth kilometre, he fainted and fell. The police picked up Deepak and admitted him to Sadar Hospital Daltonganj. Seeing the seriousness of the situation, he was admitted to Medanta Hospital in Ranchi, where he died on Monday morning.
Deepak was a resident of Vriddhakhaira village of Pandu police station area of Palamu district.
12 candidates have died so far
Notably, 12 candidates, including five in Daltonganj have died so far during the physical test for the excise constable’s job in Jharkhand.
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Two candidates died in Padma (Hazaribagh) and one each in Ranchi, Giridih and Musabani. More than 100 candidates have fainted in Sahibganj so far and two candidates have died there.
Yesterday, a 19-year-old girl collapsed after completing the physical efficiency test for excise constable recruitment at the Chiyanki airstrip in Daltonganj.
She was immediately rushed to MMCH Daltonganj, where she received medical attention and made a remarkable recovery.
Possible reason
The police are investigating how so many youths lost their lives. There is no reason officially confirmed so far for these deaths. However, reports are saying that exposure to heat, stressful exercises and waiting for long hours in recruitment queues might have led to cardiac arrests leading to the death of these youths.
Over 5 lakh youths are participating in the recruitment for 583 posts.
7 centres for test
Seven centres have been set up across the state for the excise constable race.
IG (operation) Amol Homkar said that many facilities have been arranged for the candidates participating in this recruitment. Unfortunately, some candidates have died while taking the physical examination at some centres.
Unnatural death cases have been registered in this regard. Efforts are being made to know the cause of death. A lot of arrangements have been made for the transparent selection process of the candidates at all the centres and for their cooperation and convenience. It is being seen that those who faint are forgetting their name and address. They may have taken some medicated medicine.