India, May 13 -- A 56-year-old teacher of a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) school who suffers from diabetes developed severe pain and swelling in his legs while conducting field work related to the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the Deonar assembly constituency. The teacher, Bhimrao Aadhav, assigned booth level officer (BLO) duty, was admitted to the intensive care unit on May 8 and was shifted to the general ward on Tuesday after his condition improved.

Speaking to Hindustan Times, the teacher said he had requested exemption from BLO duty due to his health condition and age. "But there was no response from the authorities. So I started the duty," he said.

On May 7, while verifying the voters' list in t...