40-year-old HCL employee dies of cardiac arrest in Nagpur office washroom

The man, Nitin Edwin Michael, was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Nagpur, but doctors declared him brought dead. 

In Short

• Case of accidental death registered by police
• HCL calls incident 'unfortunate', offers condolences, assistance
• Autopsy report indicates man died of cardiac arrest

A 40-year-old employee of a leading Information Technology firm died after suffering a cardiac arrest in the washroom of the company located in Maharashtra's Nagpur, officials said on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Friday, when Nitin Edwin Michael, a senior analyst with HCL Technologies, went to the company's washroom and was later found unresponsive.

According to an official from Sonegaon police station, Nitin was rushed to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Nagpur, but doctors declared him brought dead.

Later, the body was sent for postmortem and police registered a case of accidental death. Officials said that initial autopsy findings indicated the man died of cardiac arrest.

Nitin is survived by his wife and a six-year-old son. Further investigation into the matter is underway.

Meanwhile, HCL Technologies expressed condolences and called the incident 'unfortunate'. It also said that the wellbeing of employees is of the utmost priority for them.

"This is an unfortunate incident and a tragic loss. We extend our deepest condolences to the family of the deceased employee and are providing all possible assistance to them. In this incident, the employee was provided emergency support at the campus healthcare clinic and rushed to the hospital. The wellbeing of our people is of utmost priority and HCLTech provides healthcare programs for its all employees and their families, including on-campus clinics and annual preventive health checks," the company said in an official statement.