Going for a toss: Tamers struggle to subdue a bull during the jallikattu held in Sivaganga district on Sunday. more-inAn Aeronautical engineering student from Delhi was gored to death by a bull and a 40-year-old man died of heart attack at a mega jallikattu event organised at M. Pudhur near Tirupattur in Sivaganga district on Sunday. Over 80 bull tamers and spectators were injured by bulls, while chaos reigned supreme over distribution of prizes, prompting the police to use force to restore order. However, bull tamers and those who had brought bulls from other districts such as Madurai, Pudukottai, Salem and Coimbatore objected to this. More than 1,000 bull tamers and 900 bulls from different parts of the State turned up.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2017 18:32 UTC