RTC Driver Dies Of Heart Attack While Driving, Employees Stage Protest  

Hyderabad: Koppolu Vishnu (58), an RTC driver died in the early hours on Sunday after he suffered a heart attack enroute to Nalgonda.

The bus conductor Laxmikanth said that Vishnu stopped the bus complaining about chest pain. He was then rushed to hospital in the same bus but the doctors declared him dead.

Incidentally, Vishnu was to retire on Tuesday and he applied for a leave before joining the duty on Sunday but it was not granted.

The deceased’s colleagues staged protest at the Nalgonda depot keeping his body under the shamiana blaming Traffic Inspector Lavanya as the cause of death for turning down Vishnu’s leave application

On Saturday the bus returned from Hyderabad halted at Gundrapalli village, 45 km away from Nalgonda. They started for Nalgonda early morning with six passengers. However, when they reached the outskirts of Chandur, Vishnu complained of chest pain and stopped the bus.

The deceased's colleagues staged protest at the Nalgonda depot keeping his body under the shamiana blaming Traffic Inspector Lavanya as the cause of death for turning down Vishnu’s leave application. Vishnu had applied for sick leave as he was not keeping well for the past few days.

On Saturday too he applied for leave but Lavanya rejected his leave stating that he is near to retirement and would lose benefits.

The RTC employees further said that Lavanya has been behaving sternly with people who are nearing retirement and rejecting their applications without paying to their heeds. The protest was only withdrawn after assurances on compensation and benefits from the superior officials.

Vishnu is survived by wife Leelavathi, son Venkanna and daughters Kavitha and Lalitha.

A case of suspicious death has been registered by police and body has been given to family after post-mortem.