A man playing Lord Hanuman during a Ramlila play died on stage while performing in Haryana’s Bhiwani on Monday, January 22. The man, identified as Harish Mehta, reportedly suffered a heart attack during his performance. The programme was organised to celebrate the grand inauguration of the grand Ram Temple in Uttar Pradesh’s Ayodhya.
In a recorded video, Mehta can be seen dancing dressed as Lord Hanuman at a local event at the Jawahar Chowk area in Bhiwani when he suddenly fell on the ground. However, no one came to his rescue as people confused it as a part of the act. It was after a minute people realised that Mehta was was unresponsive.
He was then soon taken to a hospital, where the doctors declared him ‘brought dead’.
Harish Mehta, performing as Lord Hanuman, had retired from the post of Junior Engineer in the electricity department and had been playing the role of Hanuman for the past 25 years.
In a similar incident, a mobile hospital of Indian Air Force’s (IAF) rapid response team saved a devotee who suffered a heart attack while attending the ‘Pran Pratishtha’ event at the newly-constructed Ram temple on Monday.
After Ramkrishna Srivastava (65) collapsed inside the temple complex, a team of BHISHM Cube led by Wing Commander Manish Gupta evacuated him within a minute of the incident and provided on-site treatment, capitalising on the critical golden hour, news agency PTI reported.
The rapid response team provided him with preliminary treatment at the site. Once the patient’s condition stabilised, he was taken to the civil hospital for further observation and specialised care.
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