Chhattisgarh: Kabaddi player dies after injury during match; 3rd such death since October
Jashpur (PTI): A 28-year-old kabaddi player, who suffered serious injuries during a match in Chhattisgarh's Jashpur district in October, has died during treatment in a private hospital, officials said on Thursday.
Samaru Kerketta, who suffered injuries during a kabaddi match held in Sundhru village of Jashpur on October 17, died on Wednesday afternoon, a district administration official said.
He is the third player to have died, since October, after participating in the kabaddi matches held as a part of the Chhattisgarhiya Olympics, an event being hosted by the state government.
Kerketta, a native of Ghumra village in Jashpur, had suffered a serious spinal cord injury. He was initially taken to the Tapkara Primary Health Centre located near the event venue. He was then referred to the Jindal Hospital in the neighbouring Raigarh district, where he succumbed after nearly a month-long treatment, the official said.
"The player was being treated for quadriplegia cervical spine injury and kept on ventilator support. Despite all the efforts made by doctors, he could not be saved," the official added.
Jashpur Collector Ravi Mittal said that the district administration will extend every possible assistance to the family of the deceased.
On October 15, a woman Kabbadi player who had suffered injuries during a match held as part of the Chhattisgarhiya Olympics in Kondagaon district died at a hospital in Raipur.
Besides, a 32-year-old man who was critically injured during a match in Raigarh district died on October 11.
The state government had organised the Chhattisgarhiya Olympics from October 6, 2022 to January 6, 2023 with an aim to promote local sports.
There is no age limit for the participants.
Apart from traditional sports like Pittul, Kho-Kho and kabaddi, the grand event will also see contests in games like cricket, volleyball and hockey at four levels - village panchayat, development block, district and state.
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Rahul Gandhi answers why he always wears white T-shirt
New Delhi, May 5: Why does Rahul Gandhi always wear a white T-shirt? The Congress leader has not one but two reasons -- it conveys "transparency" and "simplicity".
Gandhi answers several such light-hearted questions in a more than two-minute video released by the Congress on its social media channels.
In the video captioned "A day campaigning in Karnataka. Some light rapid fire questions and some very illustrious company", Gandhi also talks about his take on the importance of ideology.
"In my view, you cannot go as a large organisation towards power without a clear understanding of the ideology. We have to convince the people of our ideology which is pro-poor, pro-women, plural, treating everybody equally," he says.
"So the fight at an organisational level, at a national level, is always about ideology," asserts Gandhi.
The white T-shirt has been Gandhi's 'trademark' since the Kanyakumari to Kashmir Bharat Jodo Yatra.
Asked why he always wears it, Gandhi says, "Transparency and simplicity and I just don't care much about clothes. I prefer it (to be) simple."
When quizzed on the best part of campaigning, he quips, "When it ends!"
Gandhi says he has been on the road for 70 days, starting with the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra, which he clarified wasn't a campaign but involved even more rigorous work.
He likes making speeches during the campaign as it "makes one think about what the country needs", he says in the video.
In the video, Gandhi also asks Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge what he likes or dislikes in the campaign.
Kharge says, "There is nothing bad. It's good because we are doing this for the country. The one who is spoiling the country, when we work to stop them, we feel good. At least we are doing something for the country."
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah also makes an appearance in the video and talks about the importance of ideology.
A day campaigning in Karnataka.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 5, 2024
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