Independent candidate dies of heart attack before Jubilee Hills assembly by- poll counting 

Independent candidate Mohammed Anwar, 40, collapsed and died of a suspected heart attack minutes before counting began for the Jubilee Hills by-election. He had secured three votes in the first round and was contesting on the Nationalist Congress Party symbol, a clock.

Hyderabad: Minutes before counting began for the Jubilee Hills by-poll, an Independent candidate Mohammed Anwar, 40, died of a suspected heart attack.

He secured three votes in the first round of counting.

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Anwar, a resident of Erragadda was reportedly been anxiously waiting for the counting since morning when he collapsed with severe chest pain. Family members immediately took him to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.

Anwar had contested the bypoll from the Nationalist Congress Party and was allotted a clock as the symbol.