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Intelligence Bureau staff dies at Triplicane tea stall

Police sources said he was due for retirement in a few weeks.

DTNEXT Bureau

CHENNAI: A 59-year-old S Balamurugan, employed with the Intelligence Bureau (IB) as a technical staff, collapsed to death outside a tea stall in Triplicane on Friday morning.

Police sources said he was due for retirement in a few weeks.

A resident of Ponmar in Chennai suburbs, Balamurugan, was staying at a lodge in Triplicane as he had pending work related to his retirement.

On Friday morning, Balamurugan went to a tea stall near the lodge where he was staying and was seated on a chair when he collapsed.

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