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Cricket revelry leads to murder in Alappuzha

ALAPPUZHA: An argument during victory celebrations after a local cricket match led to the death of a man at Mannancherry here on Saturday.

According to the police, Anil Kumar, 35, of Mannancherry was hit on the head with a cricket bat apart from being thrashed with cricket stumps and iron rods on Friday night.

The attack was after Kumar took part in the victory celebrations of a team in a cricket match he was watching near the Papali Junction at Mannancherry.

Argument

An argument had broken out between the teams during the celebrations and was solved by the locals.

However, Kumar, along with another friend, returned to the ground searching for his mobile phone.

Supporters of the other team saw him and allegedly chased him.

Kumar collapsed after running for about a kilometre, following which the attackers hit him on the head with a bat and thrashed him.

Though he was taken to the Vandanam Medical College Hospital, he died on Saturday morning.

The police have taken three persons into custody in connection with the incident. Kumar, a trader at Mannancherry, is survived by his wife Bhagyalakshmi and a 10-month-old daughter.

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