Former India football captain Carlton Chapman passes away
New Delhi: Former India football captain Carlton Chapman, who had formed a deadly trio in club football with Bhaichung Bhutia and IM Vijayan in the 1990s, died on Monday following a heart attack in Bengaluru. He was 49.
Chapman was hospitalised on Sunday night at a hospital in Bengaluru and passed away early this morning.
"I got a call from Bengaluru from one of his friends that Chapman is no more. He passed away early this morning. He was a happy-go-lucky man, always smiling and ready to help others," Chapman's one-time India team-mate Bruno Coutinho told PTI from Goa.
A creative midfielder, Chapman played for India between 1995 and 2001 and the country won the 1997 SAFF Cup under his captaincy. At the club level, he had two successful spells with East Bengal and one with now-defunct JCT Mills.
A product of the Tata Football Academy in early 1990s, Chapman joined East Bengal in 1993 and scored a hat-trick in his team's 6-2 win against Iraq club Al Zawra in a first round match at the Asian Cup Winners Cup that year.
But his best came after moving to JCT in 1995. Chapman won 14 trophies with the Punjab-based club, including the inaugural National Football League in 1996-97, and formed a formidable combination with Vijayan and Bhutia.
Chapman later joined now-defunct FC Kochin. But after one season, he returned to East Bengal in 1998 and the club won the NFL under his captaincy in 2001. He announced his retirement from professional football in 2001.
As coach, Chapman had stints with I-League 2nd Division club Tata Football Academy, Royal Wahingdoh FC of Shillong and Sudeva Moonlight FC of Delhi before becoming the Technical Director of the Kozhikode-based Quartz International Football Academy in 2017.
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53-year-old woman dies in house fire in North Bengaluru; three rescued
Bengaluru: A 53-year-old woman lost her life in a fire that broke out at her residence in North Bengaluru on Monday night, officials said.
The deceased has been identified as Savitha. Her husband Ramesh Babu, a contractor, their son and Savitha’s mother-in-law were rescued from the building by fire and emergency personnel.
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According to preliminary information, the fire started shortly after 9 pm at their house in Gayathri Nagar. The family was residing on the third and fourth floors of the building.
Initial findings suggest that the blaze originated in the kitchen on the third floor and rapidly spread to the upper level.
Firefighters rushed to the spot after receiving the alert and brought the fire under control. They managed to rescue three family members from the building.
Savitha is believed to have died due to severe burn injuries. The rescued persons were shifted to a hospital for treatment.
Police and Fire Department officials have begun an investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the fire. Senior officers visited the site to assess the situation.
