A 68-year-old man has died of heatstroke in Nashik city of Maharashtra, police officials said on Friday as parts of the state continued to reel under extremely hot weather conditions with mercury soaring to 46.4 degrees Celsius in Chandrapur district, the highest in the state.

The deceased, Mohan Chandmal Varma, a resident of Nashik Road, had gone out to meet an acquaintance on Thursday afternoon in the Makhamalabad area of the city when he suddenly fell unconscious, they said.