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11 die while undertaking physical tests during govt recruitment drive in Jharkhand
Ranchi: Eleven candidates died while undertaking physical tests during a drive to recruit excise constables in Jharkhand, police said on Sunday.
According to Kashmir Media Service, physical tests under the Jharkhand excise constable competitive examinations began on August 22 in seven centres across Ranchi, Giridih, Hazaribag, Palamu, East Singhbhum and Sahebganj districts.
Four deaths happened in Palamu, two persons each died in Giridih and Hazaribag, and one person each in Ranchi’s Jaguar centre, and East Singhbhum’s Mosabani and Sahibganj centres, said IG (Operations) Amol V Homkar.
He said cases of unnatural death were registered and investigations were underway.
