Loving father who rushed his dying son to hospital also dies

Palghar: Deaths of a father and son just minutes apart have turned a jubilant occasion into harrowing moments all on sudden in a remote town in Maharashtra the other day.

Residents of Virar town in Palghar district were still reeling from the death of 35-year-old Manish Narapji, when another death shocked them.

Manish Narapji died after collapsing while dancing at a garba event at Global City complex in Virar on the intervening night of Saturday and Sunday, PTI reported sourcing police.

The man was rushed to a hospital by his father Narapji Sonigra (66) and was declared dead.

On hearing about the death of the son, the father also collapsed and died on the spot, a police official said.

The bodies have been sent for postmortem and a case of accidental death has been registered, the official added.