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As it is perfectly said ‘death knows no time’, tragedy struck a Kabaddi match organised at Tarabod village under Komna Police limits in Nuapada district when a 26-year-old player from Chhattisgarh fell ill and died minutes later.
As per reports, like every year, an inter-state Kabaddi tournament was organised at Tarabod village on the occasion of Durga Puja. The final match between a team from the Hatisara area in Nuapada district and a team from Dudumachua village in Chhattisgarh’s Mahasamund district was underway on the ground.
Just two and a half minutes were left for the game to finish. The onlookers were cheering up the Dudumachua team as it was on the verge of winning the game.
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All were sure that the trophy and prize money of Rs 15,000 would inevitably go to the Dudumachua team. As the match was drawing to a close, Khageswar Rathia fell ill and collapsed in a heap, drawing a gasp of awe from the onlookers.
Rathia was immediately rushed to Tarabod government hospital from where he was shifted to Nuapada District Headquarters Hospital (DHH). But, it was too late by then. The doctors there declared him brought dead.
While the reason for his untimely death was yet to be known, it is suspected that he might have suffered a heart attack. The shocking incident left the villagers, the players in particular, in deep sorrow.
