Gujarat: Farmer standing in line to exchange notes dies of heart attack

Sheikh, who hailed from nearby Moraj village in Tarapur tehsil, was rushed to a private hospital where he died during treatment, Rathwa said. “Sheikh had to pay money to farm labourers and needed to exchange the demonetised currency notes. He was standing in the line for around two hours after which he suffered the attack,” he said.

The scramble by millions of panicked consumers to exchange banned currency or deposit them had turned tragic on Friday when 3 persons died in separate incidents in Maharashtra and Kerala.

Long queues were seen outside banks even on Saturday as people jostled to exchange the demonetised Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 currency notes across the country.