Tamil Nadu student’s 1,300-km walk home ends tragically midway

TNN | Apr 3, 2020, 04.37 AM IST

HYDERABAD: A 23-year-old student from Tamil Nadu pursuing food processing course in Wardha, Maharashtra, travelled nine days, taking different modes of transport to cover nearly 1,300 km to reach his home town, but his trek ended midway, tragically at a function hall in Secunderabad late on Wednesday night. Forensic experts said he died due to heart attack.

Bala Subramani Logesh, a native of Namakkal in Tamil Nadu, was pursuing food processing course at a Wardha college. After the lockdown was announced on March 24, Logesh and 29 other students set off on foot to reach their respective native places. He was nearly 1,300 kilometres away from home, but was determined to achieve it. After their nine-day journey and covering over 450 km, they reached Secunderabad on Wednesday. “On Wednesday night, they were spotted near Bowenpally marketyard by revenue and police staff.

Apart from walking for long hours, they took different modes of transport in the last nine days. When they enquired about the group, the students told the officials that they were on their way to their respective homes,’’ Marredpally inspector Mattaiah said. After they were informed that they would not be permitted to leave the city due to the prevailing lockdown conditions, the students were shifted to a function hall at Marredpally, where they were provided food and accommodation.

“Àfter having food, some of the students were chatting at the function hall. Logesh suddenly collapsed,’’ police said. Forensic doctors concluded that the student died of heart attack. Police said that since he was travelling for the last nine days, perhaps, due to dehydration, he might have suffered a heart attack.