A 12-year-old boy and 35-year-old man were killed in Tamil Nadu’s Sivaganga district and a man in Tiruchirappalli district on Tuesday, after they were gored by raging bulls while watching Jallikattu, a bull-taming event, during Pongal celebrations.
The deaths came a day after the sport claimed a teenager’s life in Madurai’s Palamedu town.
“Three layers of security with 800 police officers were present at the event (at Siravayal village in Sivaganga), but this mishap occurred beyond the protected area,” a police officer said.
Hours before the incident, Tamil Nadu Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin inaugurated a Jallikattu competition at the Alanganallur Arena in Madurai (right).
Jallikattu had been banned in Tamil Nadu from 2014 to 2016, but following protests in 2017, the state enacted the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Tamil Nadu Amendment) Act to override it.
