During a farewell party for Devendra Sandal, a manager at the central warehouse in Kota, his wife Deepika, who had cardiac issues, suddenly collapsed and was declared dead at the hospital. The couple had no children, and Sandal had taken early retirement to care for his ailing wife.
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