North 24-Pgns BLO suffers heart attack due to ‘SIR work’

A Booth Level Officer (BLO) suffered a heart attack, allegedly in the middle of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) related work in West Bengal's North 24-Parganas district and has been admitted to a hospital.

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The police said that the family found the BLO, identified as Sushanta Tikadar, lying unconscious with enumeration forms and other papers in his home on Monday afternoon. As his physical condition did not improve, he was shifted to another hospital.

According to family sources, Tikadar suffered a heart attack while working on SIR.

He was engaged in the SIR exercise in Part No. 106 of Gopalnagar-1 Gram Panchayat in Bangaon.

"Tikadar was working on updating the enumeration form at home on Monday afternoon. At that time, he suddenly fell ill," his family said.

A senior officer of North 24-Parganas district police said, "The family members took him to Bongaon Sub-divisional Hospital. But the doctors referred him to Kalyani Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Nadia district after seeing his physical condition. He is currently undergoing treatment at the Kalyani Hospital"

The BLO's daughter Shreya Tikadar told media persons that her father's physical condition is weak.

"The physical condition of my father did not improve much on Wednesday either, two days after suffering the heart attack," she said.

The woman claimed that her father fell ill while stressing over the SIR-related work.