Earlier, I have written about a seventeen year old boy’s death from heart attack due to the Indian cricket team’s defeat to
Twenty five year old farmer, Mahadeb Sarkar and his wife, Sadhana Sarkar hung themselves in separate rooms in their house. Fortunately, Sadhana’s rope snapped and she fell down. Later, the neighbors came in. On the other hand, twenty eight year old Raju, a resident of
Upset over
His wife, Sadhana, who was also upset about the defeat, tried to hang herself in another room, but she survived.
"While Mahadeb died instantly, the rope snapped in the other room and Sadhana fell in a heap, alarming her neighbours," said local police officer Kuntal Chatterjee.
The couple had an argument because Sarkar had gone ahead with plans to watch the match at a friend's house, while his wife had wanted him to stay home so they could watch the match together. In addition, they were upset over the defeat, police said.
Winners in 1983 and finalists in the last tournament, India suffered a 69-run defeat in their crunch Group B match against
In another incident, a 28-year-old man had a heart attack after watching the match at his home in a suburb of
Fans are very much upset all over
Cricket may be very popular in
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It scares me to think that what used to be an entertaining GAME, has now become a matter of life and death situation. Very sad indeed that it has been taken to such an extreme that lives are cut short over it. A reality check is definitely in order here.
Posted by: Simran | March 27, 2007 6:29 AM | Permalink to Comment