Summary:
VIJAYAWADA: A person died of cardiac arrest while watching a cockfight during Sankranti . He bet Rs 5,000 on a rooster but collapsed while watching the birds fighting.He was rushed to a private hospital but was declared brought dead. Battiprolu Ravi (49), a native of Nandigama , had gone to Kodavatikallu where cockfights were held on a huge scale. The hospital authorities said he might have suffered a heart attack.Though the revenue department imposed Section 144 to curb cockfights , gambling, betting and other illegal activities, it was no deterrent for the organisers..