Two, including cop, die in bull attack at Tamil Nadu’s Manjuvirattu, Stalin Promises ₹20 Lakh Ex-gratia

Two persons, including a police constable, were gored to death by bulls at a “manju virattu” event near here on Wednesday, authorities said.

Chief Minister M K Stalin condoled the deaths and announced ex-gratia of Rs 20 lakh for the family of police constable J Navaneethakrishnan, who was attacked by a bull when he was on security duty at Kallur where the bull-chasing event was held.

The CM also announced ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh to the next of kin of a spectator at the event who was also gored to death by a bull. 

Nearly 400 bulls from Pudukottai, Sivagangai, Madurai, Dindigul and Trichy participated in the Manjuvirattu event, where the deceased was deployed to guard a crowd of nearly 6,000 spectators.

Navaneedha Krishnan of the Meemisal Police Station was rushed to a hospital but he succumbed to the injury.