A 38-year-old police constable in Pimpri-Chinchwad, near Pune, collapsed and died on Monday evening while chasing a suspected drug peddler, police said, according to Hindustan Times.
What happened
Constable Javed Bagsiraj was with the crime branch's Anti-Narcotics Cell. Acting on a tip that two men would arrive to sell mephedrone (MD), his team set a trap near Antarik Society in Sant Tukaram Nagar. Police caught one man, but the other got away, and Bagsiraj ran after him.
"During the chase, Bagsiraj complained of severe chest pain and collapsed. His colleagues rushed him to Yashwantrao Chavan Memorial (YCM) Hospital in Pimpri, where he died despite efforts to save him," a Pimpri-Chinchwad police officer said. Doctors told police he had suffered a massive heart attack.
Bagsiraj is survived by his parents, a brother, his wife and two children.
What next
Police have not released details of the man detained during the raid, any seizures, or whether the second suspect has been caught.