Punjab cop found dead at ISBT-43

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, December 10

A Punjab Police commando posted with the Chief Minister’s security was today found dead under mysterious circumstances at the ISBT in Sector 43.  The police suspect that he may have died of cardiac arrest but said the exact cause of death would be ascertained only after the postmortem. To find out the exact reason, his viscera has been sent to the Central Forensic Science Laboratory (CFSL).

The police said the deceased was identified as Ranbir Singh, a resident of Hoshiarpur. The incident happened when he was going to the Punjab Police Commando Complex, Phase 11, Mohali, from Chandigarh. The victim, who was waiting for a bus along with a colleague at the ISBT, suddenly collapsed and lost consciousness.Seeing this, the colleague called up the PCR which shifted him to the Government Multi-Speciality Hospital, Sector 16, where doctors on duty declared him brought dead.“His colleague told us that he had a cardiac arrest. The exact reason for the death was not clear in the post-mortem report. So, we have sent the viscera to the CFSL. His body has been handed over to the family,” said a police official.