Delhi Police: Head Constable Ravi died while dancing at a farewell party

38
Moments before death - HC Ravi Kumar dancing at the farewell party of Delhi Police. (Photo courtesy: NDTV)
The Delhi Police had to face a very unfortunate incident when one of its enthusiastic young policemen died while dancing at the farewell party of a senior policeman. Identified as Ravi Kumar , the police personnel  was posted as Head Constable at Roop Nagar Police Station in the North District of Delhi Police. Ravi probably had a heart attack while dancing.

This very painful incident happened on Wednesday when the policemen posted at Roop Nagar Police Station were enjoying the farewell party of one of their senior colleagues. In the video of the farewell  party, which went viral on social media platforms , head constable Ravi Kumar is seen dancing vigorously. Then suddenly he felt pain in his chest and fainted. Ravi Kumar was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, but the doctors declared him dead.

The video of the last moments of HC Ravi Kumar came out  In public domain later on. Head constable Ravi and another person are seen dancing together on a fast Haryanvi song. After a few moments, Ravi is seen smiling and moving aside. After which he suffered a heart attack.

Ravi Kumar  was originally a resident of Baghpat in western Uttar Pradesh and lived in Model Town area in Delhi. He is survived by his wife and two children. Ravi joined Delhi Police in 2010. According to a report by NDTV, Ravi also underwent angiography about 45 days ago.

More cases of dancing deaths:
This is not the first case when people have suffered a heart attack while dancing or performing in an event.  In April this year, an 18-year-old girl fainted and died while dancing at her sister’s wedding in Meerut, also in western Uttar Pradesh, according to this NDTV report. A video shows Rimsha trying to perform dance steps to loud music with her family members but, seconds later, she is seen touching her chest and trying to hold the hand of a boy dancing next to her, and then faints.

A month later, a yoga event in Indore saw heartbreaking scenes when a retired soldier fell on stage while performing a passionate rendition of a patriotic song, clutching the Indian flag. Assuming the fall was part of the event, the audience continued to clap for over a minute, until one of the organisers realised something had gone terribly wrong.

In October last year, at least 10 people died of heart attacks at garba programs across Gujarat and the youngest among the victims was just 17 years old.