INA cadet dies during physical training in Kerala

Kozhikode, Jul 26: A 19-year-old cadet of the Indian Naval Academy has died during physical training in Kannur district of Kerala, officials said today.

Pranay Shivcharan Lanjewar of Maharashtra's Bhandara district, who was undergoing physical conditioning training under the direct supervision of instructors in the PT field, suddenly collapsed last evening at the INA stadium at Ezhimala in Kannur district, about 120 km from here, a statement from the PRO, INA said.

The cadet was immediately administered Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation by the PT instructor and rushed to Indian Naval Hospital Ship 'Navjivani' inside the campus, but he was declared dead by the doctors, it said.

The next of kin of the deceased have been informed. A Board of Inquiry has been ordered by Southern Naval Command into the death, the statement said.

PTI