May Day was celebrated across the globe as ¡®Labour Day¡¯ and it celebrates the achievements of workers across the globe. While it was a holiday for most people, it wasn't so for Shivakumar.
Shivakumar was delivering pressure cookers manufactured from an industrial estate to a shop at Huliyaru, Karnataka.?But after a long 97-km drive, Shivakumar suddenly suffered a cardiac arrest close to his destination around 12 noon and lost his consciousness while still at the wheel. His 10-year-old son, Puneerth, who was with him in the vehicle, did not understand what had happened but showed quick presence of mind, thus preventing an accident.
The New Indian Express
Despite the boy's heroic effort, his father passed away while he was seated alongside him. Crying inconsolably, the boy realised that his father had suffered a cardiac arrest and would never wake up. Puneerth, a student of class 5 at a government primary school at Allalasandra, was enjoying his summer holidays while accompanying his father to work.
While Shivakumar preferred to work on May Day, his wife Munirathnamma had taken leave. ¡°She works in a garment factory at Goraguntepalya in Bengaluru and the factory had declared leave. We have not informed her about her husband¡¯s death as of yet,¡± Gowramma, a relative, told The New Indian Express.
Shivkumar¡¯s mother-in-law, Sundaramma, claimed his mortal remains on the evening of May 1.?¡°He was a good man and focused on his job always. It¡¯s unfortunate that he died at a young age leaving behind his family,¡± said Tejaraju, a neighbour.
Huliyaru police sub-inspector Lakshmikanth informed TNIE that since it was a natural death, the body will be released after postmortem.