Youth dies during bull race in Shikaripur taluk in Karnataka
The Hindu
The bull race was organised as part of Hori Habba.
A 19-year-old youth died after being hit by a bull during a race at Kalmane in Shikaripur taluk of Karnataka on February 12.
Puneeth Achar, a native of Hosa Malali village in Nyamathi taluk of Davangere district, was a student in a college in Shikaripur. He was visiting Kalmane to watch the bull race, which was organised as part of Hori Habba.
He suffered serious injuries and succumbed on the way to a hospital.
Shikaripur Rural police have registered a case based on the statement of his father Gajendra Achar.

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