RAJAHMUNDRY: A government teacher died of a heart attack on Wednesday while on duty as assistant polling officer (APO) in the gram panchayat elections in East Godavari district.
Dokuburra Daiva Krupavathi, headmistress at a municipal primary school in Purlova Peta under Kakinada Municipal Corporation, was assigned duty as APO in Kothapalli village under Agency mandal of Chinturu in the district. She complained of chest pain at about 5.15 a.m on Wednesday and was shifted to Chinturu area hospital immediately. As her condition deteriorated, she was shifted to Rampa Chodavaram area hospital for better treatment and died while receiving treatment.
Kakinada municipal commissioner Swapnil Dinkar extended condolences to the family members of the deceased. Krupavathi’s body was shifted to her native village of Balabhadrapuram.