India, Nov. 20 -- A Booth Level Officer (BLO) collapsed and died soon after in Madhya Pradesh's Jhabua district on Wednesday, a day after he was suspended for negligence in connection with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise, people familiar with the matter said.

Assistant teacher Bhuvan Singh Chauhan, who was posted at a primary school in Jhabua, had been suspended on Tuesday. "Bhuwan hadn't eaten dinner or slept on Tuesday night. On Wednesday, he suddenly felt dizzy and collapsed from the stairs. He was immediately taken to the Community Health Centre in Bori, where doctors declared him dead," said his wife Mishri Chauhan.

His daughter Sangeeta Chauhan said her father's workload had increased sharply after being appointed as...