Munde asked for water before falling unconsciousness

However, by the time the Bharatiya Janata Party leader reached the emergency department of the Jai Prakash Narayan Apex Trauma Center of the All India Institutes of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) at 6.30 a.m., his pulse rate had started falling and there was no cardiac activity.

"On his arrival at the Apex Trauma Centre, there was no spontaneous breathing, no blood pressure, no pulse.. There was no cardiac activity. So immediately cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) was started and was continued for the next 50 minutes," AIIMS public relations officer Amit Gupta told the media.

"Despite all aggressive resuscitative measures, he could not be revived and has been declared dead at 7.20 a.m.," Gupta added.