Man, injured in fireworks accident at Sabarimala, dies
Kottayam (Kerala), Jan 6: A contractual employee, who was among the three injured in a fireworks accident at the Sabarimala temple premises a few days ago, succumbed to burn injuries on Friday at the medical college here.
A R Jayakumar (47), a native of Cheriyanadu, had 60 per cent burns in the accident which happened on Janury 2.
Hospital sources said Jayakumar was admitted to the ICU but succumbed to injuries around 6 pm today. He is survived by his wife and a son.
Meanwhile, Karakkadu residents Rajeesh (35) and Amal (28), who suffered over 40 and 20 per cent burn injuries respectively, are under treatment at the medical college here.
The incident occurred around on the evening of January 2 when the three were preparing fireworks at the temple, an officer of Sannidhanam police station had said.
None of the thousands of pilgrims, who were present at the hilltop shrine for 'darshan' during the annual pilgrimage season, were injured, he had said.
The three persons were employees of the temple who used to deal with fireworks on a daily basis, police had said.
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Rickelton's ton in vain as SRH beat MI by 6 wickets
Mumbai (PTI): Ryan Rickelton's whirlwind unbeaten ton was overshadowed by Heinrich Klaasen's unbeaten 65 as Sunrisers Hyderabad defeated Mumbai Indians by six wickets in an IPL match here on Wednesday.
Chasing an imposing 244-run target, Travis Head (76 off 30) and Abhishek Sharma (45 off 24) shared 129 runs for the opening wicket to set the platform for SRH.
Klaasen (65 not out off 30 balls) then displayed his all-round hitting abilities to guide SRH home with the help of Nitish Kumar Reddy (21) and Salil Arora (30 not out off 10) in 18.4 overs.
Earlier, Rickelton's knock powered MI to 243 for five.
MI rode on a 93-run stand between Rickelton (123 not out off 55 balls) and Will Jacks (46 off 22) in 7.1 overs for the opening stand to power the side.
MI skipper Hardik Pandya scored a valuable 31 off 15 balls before being dismissed.
Praful Hinge (2/54), Eshan Malinga (1/29), Sakib Hasan (1/39) and Nitish Kumar Reddy (1/31) were the wicket-takers for SRH.
Brief Scores:
Mumbai Indian: 243 for 5 in 20 overs (Ryan Rickelton 123 not out; Praful Hinge 2/54).
Sunrisers Hyderabad: 249 for 4 in 18.4 overs (Travis Head 76, Heinrich Klaasen 65 not out; AM Ghazanfar 2/51).
