49-year-old man dies of cardiac arrest while watching cockfight

  • | Thursday | 17th January, 2019

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.

VIJAYAWADA: A person died of cardiac arrest while watching a cockfight during Sankranti . Battiprolu Ravi (49), a native of Nandigama , had gone to Kodavatikallu where cockfights were held on a huge scale. 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. 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.

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