Archive · 9 Oct 2026
Rajasthan Police Officer Dies After Run During Promotion Test
Durga Ram Bheel was a 50-year-old Assistant Sub-Inspector in Rajasthan.
He went to a police training centre in Jodhpur for a physical test connected to a promotion.
He completed a two-kilometre run.
Around 8:30 a.m., he suddenly had severe chest pain.
People at the test site took him to a nearby hospital.
Doctors tried to help him, but he died there.
Police suspected that he had a heart attack.
His body was kept at a government hospital mortuary in Jodhpur.
Assistant Sub-Inspector Durga Ram Bheel, 50, died after taking part in a promotion test in Jodhpur.
Bheel was posted at Girab police station and lived in Netraad village, Barmer district.
He arrived at the Rajasthan Police Training Centre in Mandore around 7 a.m. on Friday.
He completed a two-kilometre run and was due to take part in the remaining stages of the physical examination.
He later suffered severe chest pain; doctors attempted CPR at a nearby hospital, where he was declared dead.
- Who
- Durga Ram Bheel, a 50-year-old Assistant Sub-Inspector.
- What
- He died after suffering severe chest pain following a two-kilometre run; a heart attack was suspected.
- When
- Friday, October 9; he arrived around 7 a.m. and complained of chest pain around 8:30 a.m.
- Where
- Rajasthan Police Training Centre in Mandore, Jodhpur, Rajasthan; he was taken to a nearby hospital.
- Why
- The run was part of a physical efficiency test for promotion to Sub-Inspector; the cause of death was suspected to be a heart attack.
- Name
- Durga Ram Bheel
- Age
- 50
- Rank
- Assistant Sub-Inspector
- Test
- Physical efficiency test for promotion to Sub-Inspector
- Run completed
- Two kilometres
- Arrival time
- Around 7 a.m.
- Chest pain reported
- Around 8:30 a.m.
- Suspected cause
- Heart attack