Chennai: A Special Sub-Inspector (SSI) who was suffering from fever, died of a heart attack at Vadapalani here last night.
Chandrasekar (55) worked as SSI at Virugambakkam police station for the past one year.
A native of Pattukkottai, he shifted his family to the city after he was transferred to here with promotion in 2018.
For the past three days, he did not come to duty due to high fever and visited a hospital near his house for treatment. However, he suffered a heart attack last night and died.
He is survived by wife Kanagambal, and a son and a daughter.