Betting with friends in an inebriated state proved fatal for a youth, who drowned in a lake at Baghpat on Tuesday afternoon. His body was later fished out and sent for autopsy. As per reports, four friends from Badagaon hamlet of Badaut (Baghpat) enjoyed a liquor party by a lakeside on Tuesday afternoon. After getting drunk, one of them challenged another to swim across the lake and also put a bet of Rs 2000 for the ‘winner’.
Taking up the gauntlet, two friends jumped in the lake but unfortunately one of them, Anil Kumar, fainted in the middle and got drowned. later the three friends tried to rescue him but failed and only managed to fish out his body before informing his parent about the mishapo. A case was registered in this regard and investigations are on.
Meanwhile, reports from Amroha confirmed that three people were killed and about a dozen others injured after being attacked by a bull at Chak Mandya village of Hasanpur area on Monday night.
After being chased by the villagers all day, the bull was also found dead in the fields on Tuesday morning. The six-year-old bull died of hypervolemic shock due to excessive running, the post-mortem report said.
SP of Amroha Santosh Mishra said, “The bull was not normal and was attacking the villagers. I visited the spot and I am in touch with higher authorities to prevent such incidents in the future.”
Additional Director of Veterinary department, Rakesh Mohan said, “Stray animals are not treated well by the society and when they do not get food they often become violent and such incidents happen.”