Close on the heels of the death of two artistes who died while playing the character of Lord Hanuman and Ravan, another artiste died while playing the character of Lord Shiva in Ramlila in Machhlishahr town of Jaunpur.
The artiste, Ram Prasad aka Chabban Pandey, suffered a massive cardiac arrest on stage and died on Tuesday night. He had been playing the role of Lord Shiva for the past six years.
The Ramlila was stopped after Prasad's death.
The incident took place in Balesin village when 'aarti' was being performed. Ram Prasad clutched his chest and fell down. He was immediately rushed to a nearby medical facility where the doctors pronounced him dead.
It may be recalled that in similar incidents, two artistes playing the role of Lord Hanuman and Ravan respectively, died in the past few days while performing in the Ramlila.