Srinagar:  A scholar and social activist from Jammu and Kashmir died in the middle of a live chat show on television after she suffered a cardiac arrest.


In a 56-second video clip which has gone viral where allegedly Rita Jetinder, Dogri scholar,  is seen speaking to the interviewer on a state-run Doordarshan LIVE chat.

She then suddenly collapsed and died during the show. In the video, she is seen sitting not very far from the host. The clip then ends abruptly. The video is doing rounds on social media sites where people expressed their shock on Twitter and Facebook after watching the video.

It is reported that she was the secretary of Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture and Languages,

The video was uploaded by Kashmeer Diaries on Youtube.


Last year, a wedding event turned into tragedy after a 25-year-old groom died of a heart attack during the procession to the venue in Borsad town of Gujarat.

As the wedding procession was proceeding on Tuesday night for the bride’s home with the family members dancing in a joyous mood in Borsad, about 60 km from here, the groom, Sagar Solanki, who was sitting on a friend’s shoulders, suddenly collapsed.