Puri: In Krushnaprasad block of Puri district, the headmaster of a school collapsed and died soon after hoisting the tricolour, officials said.
Prafulla Chandra Sahu, the headmaster of Maleswari Project Primary School, collapsed and fell on the ground soon after hoisting the national flag.
He was rushed to the community health centre where he died while undergoing treatment, officials said.
Doctors suspected that he suffered a heart attack, they said.
In another unrelated incident in Bhadrak district, five students of Atal Bihari High School in Basudevpur municipality area fell sick during Independence Day parade, police said.
The students fell sick due to excess heat and humid conditions, they said.
PNN