CHENNAI, Aug 18:
Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a Government hospital here following a “cardiac arrest”, Defence sources here said.
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Pal, who was to attend an ICG event along with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, was admitted to the state-run Rajiv Gandhi General Hospital (RGGH) earlier in the day after he complained of uneasiness, they said, without divulging details. Singh, who also attended a Tamil Nadu Government event to release a commemorative coin on late DMK president M Karunanidhi’s birth centenary, rushed to the hospital to pay his respects on hearing of Pal’s demise. (PTI)
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