Kolkata: Biswajit
Poddar, a 35-year-old man from Salt Lake, died on Thursday after he was taking
ill while on a trek at Sandakphu.
Sandakphu is the
highest point in Darjeeling's Singalila Ridge on the Bengal-Nepal border.
One of his colleagues,
D Mukherjee said: “While we regularly visit Darjeeling, this was our first
visit to Sandakphu. We started our trek from Maneyjbhanjyang on March 18 and
reached Sandakphu on March 21. Yesterday, we started trekking from Sandakphu to
Phalut at around 8 AM. But after about 3km, Poddar started complaining of leg
pain.”
The group had stopped at Tonglu and Kalpokhari before reaching
Sandakphu. “When Poddar complained of leg pain, his friends arranged for a
vehicle to take him and a guide to Phalut,” a police officer said. His
colleagues continued with the trek and reached Phalut around 4pm.
“They (Poddar’s friends) found him lying on a bed with difficulty
in breathing,” the officer said. “They sought help of the Sashastra Seema Bal
(SSB), which has camps along the India-Nepal border. SSB Jawans brought an
oxygen cylinder but Poddar's friends claimed that they could not operate it. “Poddar's
colleagues then decided to take him to Darjeeling and the group left Phalut
around 6pm. His condition seems to have worsened on the way. Poddar was
declared brought dead at Darjeeling district hospital,” the officer said.
The officer also said that there were no signs of external
injuries, but it appears he bled from the nose. The exact cause of death will
be known only after we get the medical report. Another colleague said it was
unlikely Poddar had any health problems. Poddar's elder brother Biprajit left
for Darjeeling with a friend on Thursday.
Poddar, who is to work as a manager with Fi-Tek, a firm in
Salt Lake, is survived by his wife and a four-year-old son.
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