Odisha: 28-year-old man dies while playing cricket
Baripada, Jan 14: A 28-year-old man died while playing cricket in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district on Sunday, police said.
Bikash Kar, a resident of Manatri in Baisinga police station area, suddenly fell unconscious on the ground while a cricket match was underway, they said.
The cricket match was going on at the Manatri mini stadium, they added.
He was immediately taken to the hospital where doctors declared him dead.
The reason behind his death is yet to be ascertained, police said.
The body was sent to the PRM Medical College and Hospital in Baripada for postmortem examination.
A case of unnatural death was registered and an investigation is underway, police said.
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Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant shot at
Kolkata (PTI): BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari's personal assistant Chandranath Rath was shot at from close range by unidentified assailants in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district on Wednesday night, sources said.
The incident took place in the Madhyamgram area, where the victim, who serves as the executive assistant to the leader of opposition in the state assembly, was allegedly targeted on a public road, they said.
Rath sustained multiple bullet injuries in the firing and was rushed to a private hospital, sources added.
Soon after the incident, a large police contingent reached the spot and launched an investigation.
The motive behind the attack was not immediately known.
Senior police officers were present in the area, and efforts were on to identify and trace those involved in the shooting, sources said.
