Chennai,CNI: Indian Coast Guard Director General Rakesh Pal died at a government hospital here following a “cardiac arrest”, Defence sources here said.
As per news agency Current News of India (CNI) 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. CNI
