clarification regarding GC Nishant Dhankar from a relative.
Jai hind everyone,
I am a relative and a good friend of gc nishant, we used to talk a lot as he was 2 years older than me and used to guide me regarding ssb and written. His death came as a shock to everyone. Let me make one thing clear, he did not die due to ragda or negligence from the academy's side. He was running in a x country, sources say he was at the forefront and did not stop to hydrate and kept on pushing himself, resulting in dehydration and heat stroke which caused him to collapse along with 17 others . Since cadets collapsing isnt rare i training, they were given normal first aid. It is when nishant and 2 more cadets did not gain consciousness that they were shifted to icu, where nishant suffered from a heat induced cardiac arrest which then led to multiple organ failure with his kidneys and liver giving out first, he then was shifted to max ddn where he suffered internal bleeding in the brain he then was shifted to RR hospital in delhi, where he made the supreme sacrifice. His father passed away 10-12 years back, he is survived by his mother and sister who is a FO in IAF. He was like a brother/friend/mentor to me. May he rest in glory.
TLDR- GC collapsed due to heat stroke after X country, his condition became serious and ultimately had a cardiac arrest and organ failure.