A teenage boy died on Saturday after being allegedly attacked with a bat by a rival team player over a quarrel on who should bat first in a local cricket match in Madurai, police said
Madurai: A teenage boy died on Saturday after being allegedly attacked with a bat by a rival team player over a quarrel on who should bat first in a local cricket match in Madurai, police said.
17-year old Kalipandi died without responding to treatment at a hospital here where he was admitted in an unconscious condition after the incident at the Villapuram Housing Board Ground here on Wednesday.
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Acording to Police, boys in the locality used to play cricket in the ground during morning and evening hours.
A quarrel erupted between Kalipandi, an Industrial Training Institute student, and his rival team members during a match over the petty issue of who should bat first. One of the rival team members hit him on the back of the head with a bat following which he collapsed.
Doctors said the boy did not respond to the treatment and died today.
Police said further investigations in the incident were on.
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