A 32-year-old IT worker died while watching a Kannada mystery thriller film in Bengaluru on Saturday night in what doctors have indicated to be a case of a massive heart attack. Sujith Hulimane, 32, an IBM employee and his wife Meghana were watching the recently released, critically acclaimed Kannada thriller ‘Rangitaranga’ at a theater in the city when the death occurred.

During the course of the movie Meghana noticed that her husband was sitting very still in his seat. When she tried to shake him it evoked no response and the young woman informed the management about the situation. When rushed to a nearby hospital Sujith was declared dead by doctors.

The family has revealed that Sujith did not have any ailments and that the couple frequently watched horror and thriller cinema. “Doctors have informed us that he died due to a massive cardiac arrest. We are waiting for further information,” a police official from the jurisdictional Chennammanakere Achukattu police station said.

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