Class 12 student collapses, dies while taking Gujarat board exam
Police are awaiting the postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of his death.
Anand: A student died on Tuesday while appearing for the class XII Board examination in Anklav town in Gujarat's Anand district, police said.
Dhavalsinh Padhiyar (17) fainted and collapsed when he was attempting a question paper at an exam centre. He was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, an Anklav police station official said.
"Padhiyar fainted and collapsed in the Anklav school while he was taking the examination for Uttar Buniyadi stream. He was rushed to the Anklav referral hospital where doctors declared him brought dead," said the official.
Padhiyar came to the examination centre from nearby Kahanwadi village along with his friends, he said, adding that police are awaiting postmortem report to ascertain the exact cause of his death.