Bullfight claims 22-yr-old’s life in Panchkula

Tribune News Service

Panchkula, February 9

A youth died after his bike collided with two bulls fighting in the middle of a road at Sector 26 here.

The deceased has been identified as Shehbaz (22), a resident of Sector 15 here. He was the only son of his parents.

The mishap took place around 7:30 pm on Friday when the victim was going towards Ramgarh and fell after his bike collided with the two bulls. He fell from the bike and became unconscious. He sustained multiple injuries and was rushed to the PGI where he died around 5 am today.

ASI Zile Singh of the Chandimandir police station said, “The postmortem was conducted at the Civil Hospital in Sector 6. Thereafter, the body was handed over to the victim’s family.”

Freely roaming animals are a massive problem in the city with the Municipal Corporation having failed to arrest the menace. A communication was recently sent by the civic body to Haryana Shahari Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP) to allow it to construct two temporary cowsheds near the Ghaggar area and one near the slaughterhouse.

As per the MC survey, there are around 7,000 stray animals in Panchkula.