Bhubaneswar: In a tragic incident, a polling official succumbed to a massive heart attack while collecting EVM and other election material from a center in Odisha’s Bolangir district on Sunday.
According to reports, Sushil Kumar Acharya, a teacher at the Agalpur Block Pattuapally Primary School, was deputed on election duty and had gone to collect voting materials from Titilagarh DAV College Dispersal Center for the second phase of the election in Odisha on Monday. Suddenly, he complained of intense chest pain. Initially, he was rushed to the Titlagarh Hospital by other staff members. Later, he was shifted to the Bhima Bhoi Medical College and Hospital in Bolangir as his condition deteriorated.
Sushil Kumar Acharya breathed his last at the DHH sometime later. On being informed, police visited the hospital and sent his body for post-mortem.
It is worth mentioning here that elections will be held in five Lok Sabha constituencies and 35 Assembly segments in Odisha on Monday. The elections to Bolangir (ST) Lok Sabha constituency and seven Assembly seats under it – Birmaharajpur (SC), Sonepur, Loisingha (SC), Patnagarh, Bolangir, Titlagarh and Kantabanji will be held tomorrow.
