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Sikh youth dies in Gatka related
accident
HYDERABAD: A
gatka display turned tragic in Hyderabad during a procession when a
sword accidentally pierced his ribcage at Kishanbagh on Monday
night.
The victim —
Jaswinder Singh (20), a resident of Sikh Chhawni, was among the 30
people who participated in ‘Gatka’.
As part of the
rituals, the Sikh community takes up a religious procession between
Gowliguda and Kishanbagh every year on the occasion of Dussehra. At
every junction during the procession, they display their skills with
the sword.
Bahadurpura
sub-inspector R Kalinga Rao said the procession reached Kishanbagh
junction at 8 pm, and the sword exercise was taken up again, amid
heavy rain.
He said that
Jaswinder was also part of the exercise and was wielding his sword.
“Suddenly, he withdrew from the procession after noticing that he
was bleeding. The sword pierced through his ribs,” the SI said.
Jaswinder Singh immediately informed his friends who shifted him to
a local hospital. The doctors suggested that Jaswinder Singh be
shifted to a corporate hospital in Banjara Hills. But Jaswinder died
while being shifted to the hospital. The victim died of excess
bleeding,” Kalinga Rao said.
The police
however are unsure whether it was Jaswinder’s own sword or the ones
belonging to the others in the procession that pierced through his
ribs.
30
September 2009
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