18-year-old boy injured in bull-taming event dies

A teenage boy today died of injuries sustained in a bull-taming sport (Manju Virattu) held on July 19, police said.

Seruvalinga (18) was gored and tossed by a bull, when he tried to tame it at the event held during a festival of the Mandhai Karuppana Swamy Temple at Ucharichanpatti near here, they said.

He was hospitalised, but died without responding to treatment, the police added.