A 77-year-old man who had come for the fish prasadam event at the Nampally exhibition grounds on Sunday, June 8, suffered a heart attack and died en route to the hospital.

The deceased, Satyanarayana, hailed from Medak district. Speaking to Siasat.com, Begum Bazar police said the elderly man suddenly collapsed after feeling ill while on his way to attend the fish prasadam event.

He was shifted to a medical camp in the Exhibition grounds, but died while undergoing treatment. “The man was experiencing shivers and was being treated at the medical camp; however, while receiving treatment, he suddenly suffered a heart stroke and was shifted to Osmania hospital, but doctors there declared him brought dead,” said the police.