Daijiworld Media Network – Mangaluru (MS)

Mangaluru, Sep 3: A young man suffered a cardiac arrest while playing cricket and passed away on the way to the hospital.

The deceased is identified as Pradeep Poojary (31), son of the late Ananda Poojary and a resident of Mooduperara Kayarane.

Pradeep developed chest pain on Sunday evening while playing cricket at Mooduperara Kayarane. He was initially taken to a private hospital in Kaikamba, then to a primary health care center in Bajpe, where he received first aid. Subsequently, he was taken to a private hospital in Mangaluru but succumbed on the way.

Pradeep was an employee of the Paduperara gram panchayat and is survived by his mother, brother, and sister. He was the president of the Mangaluru taluk committee of the State Gram Panchayat Employees’ Welfare Association. Pradeep joined the Paduperara gram panchayat in 2012. He also served as the secretary of Kayarane Navaranga Friends and was an activist of Bajrang Dal and Javaner Perar.