25-05-2025
14-year-old spectator dies in ‘manjuvirattu'
A 14-year-old boy was killed in a 'manjuvirattu' event at Thuvar village in Sivaganga district on Sunday. The 'manjuvirattu' which was conducted as part of the Vallimangala Swamy Temple festival witnessed participation of around 430 bulls and hundreds of bull tamers.
While 31 people were injured, a boy named Azhagar Ambalam, 14, of Madurai, who was a spectator, was gored to death by a bull while it ran out of the arena.
Though he was rushed to Government Hospital at Melur he could not be saved, said the police.
The Nerkuppai police are investigating the incident.
