Beed, Feb 11 A 26-year-old candidate died after completing a 1,600-meter run during a police recruitment drive in the Beed district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, an official said, adding that the exact cause of death is under investigation.
The deceased has been identified as Deepak Waghule, a resident of Mandkhel in Parli, Beed.
The recruitment process for 174 police constable positions commenced at the Beed Police Headquarters ground.
Waghule was among the 496 candidates who had qualified for the field test.
After completing the 1,600-meter run around 12:55 PM, Waghule rested briefly. He then went to the medical room where he was attended to by a medical team, the official added.
The team detected a decreasing pulse of the candidate and he was subsequently taken to the Civil Hospital around 1:14 PM. The doctors declared him dead upon arrival at the hospital.
A case of accidental death was registered at the Shivajinagar Police Station.
The exact cause of death will be determined after the post-mortem report is available, police said.