Stuntman dies, actress Sayali Bhagat hurt at mall inauguration

Twin tragedies struck the inauguration of a mall here on Saturday when a bungee jumping trainer fell to death while performing a stunt and Bollywood actress Sayali Bhagat suffered fractures in a car racing event.

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The bungee jumping trainer, identified as Shailendra Kumar, met with gruesome death when the rope supporting him snapped near the seventh floor of the Great Adventure Mall, police said.

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Horrified onlookers saw Kumar hurtling to death from that height when he was trying to perform the stunt.

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Actress Sayali Bhagat, 28, who was present at the inauguration of the mall, sustained hairline fracture after the jeep she was riding overturned, they said.

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Bhagat was participating in a jeep racing event at the mall.

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Both of them were taken to a private hospital where Kumar was declared brought dead.

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