A 23-year-old woman excise constable who was seriously injured after allegedly being attacked by ganja smugglers in Nizamabad district of Telangana recently, died while undergoing treatment at the state-run NIMS hospital here.
G Soumya, suffered injuries when she was run over by a car driven by ganja smugglers on January 23 in an apparent attempt to flee after being stopped by the excise team.
After initially being admitted to a local hospital, she was later shifted to the Nizam's Institute
of Medical Sciences (NIMS), where she succumbed to her injuries on Saturday night.
All necessary medical interventions and advanced life-support measures were provided by a multidisciplinary team of specialists.
Despite sustained and best possible efforts, the patient (Soumya) could not be revived and was declared dead on January 31 at 9.41 pm," the NIMS said in a release.
Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy on Sunday expressed grief over Soumya's death.