Stopped by traffic cops, techie dies of heart attack

Noida: A 35-year-old techie in Noida died of heart attack at a hospital after an altercation with the traffic police over a suspected violation, his father has alleged.

The Noida police said the incident took place on Sunday evening in Ghaziabad near Delhi and the traffic police personnel involved were from that district.

The 35-year-old worked at a software company. The man, a diabetic, was in his car with his elderly parents when the traffic policemen intercepted him for checking near the CISF Cut in Ghaziabad, according to officials.

The 65-year-old father of the man alleged "misbehaviour by the traffic police" in the name of checking under the "stricter new Motor Vehicles Act".