Asifabad: A 55-year-old police chief died of cardiac arrest while on duty in Esgaon village of Kagaznagar mandal on Saturday night.
G Dayanand, who worked at Esgaon Commissionerate, fainted when he was in a market during his duty. He was immediately taken to a hospital in Kagaznagar. Died during treatment. Superintendent of Police K Suresh Kumar and Kagaznagar DSP Karunakar paid tribute to Dayanand.
A resident of Umri village in Utnoor mandal of Adilabad, he joined the police department in 1990.