Two gored to death at manjuvirattu
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Two spectators, together with a 60-year-old man, have been gored to death by bulls at a manjuvirattu occasion, held in Siravayal, close to Tirupathur in Sivaganga district, on Saturday.
Around 1,000 bulls have been launched from the vaadivasal at 8 a.m. after performing particular pujas. An estimated 50,000 spectators have been had assembled. Bose, 60, of Periya Machanpatti, and Periakaruppan of Kallipatti have been gored to death by the bulls.
According to officers, the Tirupathur Government Hospital handled about 70 individuals as out-patients, whereas at the venue, one other 15 got remedy after they suffered accidents.
Collector P Madhusudan Reddy, Congress MP Karti Chidambaram, DMK MLA K.R. Periyakaruppan and RDO Surendran have been amongst these at the venue. A big posse of policemen, led by Superintendent of Police Rohith Nathan Rajagopal, had made elaborate preparations at the venue.
Accident kills two
Even as manjuvirattu was in progress, vehicular visitors was choked on the Tirupathur-Pillayarpatti stretch, from forenoon. The police mentioned a two-wheeler rider, Kannadasan, 24, and Dhanapal of Kurunthuni, who was driving pillion, have been returning after witnessing the manjuvirattu. Their car reportedly hit two pedestrians — Kuppan, 65, and Chinnan of Sowdayanpatti. Kannadasan and Kuppan died on the spot. The our bodies have been despatched to the Tirupathur GH. The police have registered a case and are investigating.
The organisers mentioned the bulls had arrived from Madurai, Tiruchi, Thanjavur, Ramanathapuram, Theni and different districts. Prizes, together with gold and silver cash, got to the bull tamers and the bull homeowners.
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