Jagatsinghpur, Apr 6: A pall of gloom ran in a family as a woman died no sooner than she heard the news of her husband's demise in Purunabasanta village under Raghunathpur block in Jagatsinghpur district on Saturday. 

Dwarikanath Das of Purunabasanta village died of cardiac arrest this morning. After his wife Shantilata heard of the news she suffered a heart attack and died on the spot. 

According to the information, Dwarikanath was rushed to the Jagatsinghpur District Headquarters Hospital (DHH) after complaining of heart ache. He was referred by the doctors to SCB MCH at Cuttack. 

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However, doctors at SCB declared him dead. 

As soon as Shantilata, who was at their residence was informed about the demise of her husband, suffered a heart attack and breathed her last at the Jagatsinghpur DHH.