Silvester D'Souza
Daijiworld Media Network - Kundapur

Kundapur, Jun 16: In a tragic incident, a youth died of suspected cardiac arrest in a bus while travelling from Bengaluru to Koteshwar here on Tuesday June 16.

The deceased has been identified as Chaitanya (25), son of Vishnumurthy, a resident of Kumbri in Koteshwar.

Chaitanya was working as a software engineer in Bengaluru.

On Monday June 15, he boarded a Durgamba bus from Bengaluru to Koteshwar at 9 pm. At around 6.30 am on Tuesday, he called his father and informed that the bus had reached Barkur.

However, when his father called Chaitanya again at around 7.30 am, the bus driver answered the call and told him that his son had fallen ill and been taken to Vinaya hospital in Kundapur.

Vishnumurthy rushed to the hospital, but was informed by the doctors that Chaitanya had passed away.

Sources at the hospital said that cardiac arrest was suspected to be the cause of his death. Only post-mortem would reveal the exact cause, they said.

Kundapur police have registered a case.