JHABUA: Akshay Singh , a Delhi-based TV journalist with a leading media group died of a massive heart attack while interviewing family members of MPPEB scam accused, Namrata Damor , who was mysteriously found dead on railway tracks near Maksi in Ujjain district three years ago.

Singh along with his team had gone to Damor’s native village at Megh Nagar in Jhabua district on Saturday. Around 1pm, while talking to Namrata’s father, Singh suffered a heart attack.

“He came to my house at 1 pm enquiring about Namrata. He had a glass of water and tea and after half-an-hour, he began coughing and foaming in the mouth. We took him to a local government hospital,” said Mehtab Singh, Namrata Damor’s father. Singh was first taken to community health centre of Megh Nagar and then to a private hospital, where he died.

READ ALSO

Vyapam scam: TOI unearths another mystery death, toll reaches 44

Vyapam scam: SIT, STF demanding bribes from accused, lawyer tells HC

Medical officer, CHC Megh Nagar, Dr K L Patidar said, “Singh died while undergoing treatment. We referred him to Jeevan Jyoti Hospital.” Later, his body was taken to neighbouring Dahod in Gujarat, where a three-member panel conducted an autopsy.

Hours after Singh’s death, former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh tweeted: “Akshay Singh Aaj Tak reporter from Delhi investigating Vyapam died today when he was interviewing father of Namrata Damor Vyapam victim.”

READ ALSO: 10 things to know about MPPEB scam

Namrata Damor, 19, was a first year student of MGM College, Indore, and went missing since January 7, 2012, soon after results were declared. When her mobile phone was unresponsive, her brother Omprakash came to Indore to enquire about her. On not being able to trace her, he lodged a missing person complaint on January 12. However, the cause of the death remains a mystery. Police are clueless whether Namrata committed suicide or was murdered.

Failing to ascertain her identity, police pasted her photograph at Ujjain railway station. It was then her brother took notice and came to know about her demise. Her ticket reserved for January 7 in Indore-Bilaspur Express was also recovered. Later, police found she was an accused in MPPEB scam.

Read this in Hindi: व्यापम घोटाले में छानबीन कर रहे पत्रकार की मौत