A senior army officer died today in the winter capital city of the state with the police saying he breathed his last possibly due to heart attack.
Lt. Col. Saibal Subash Dutta fell unconscious during the morning exercise at Chatta and was rushed to the Military Hospital at Satwari, said a police officer.
He said the officer died later.
"The officer might have died due to possible cardiac arrest," he said, adding that post-mortem has been conducted and report was awaited to know the exact cause of death.
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