Hours after defeating his opponent in a bout, a 22-year-old wrestler died of a heart attack in Maharashtra's Kolhapur city, his coach said on Tuesday.?
Maha: Budding Grappler Dies Of A Heart Attack Hours After A Bout
On Tuesday, a 22-year-old wrestler died of a heart attack hours after defeating his opponent in Kolhapur city, Maharashtra.
The deceased wrestler, identified as Maruti Surwase, had been undergoing training at the Rashtrakul Kusti Sankul academy in western Maharashtra city for the last few months.?
He hailed from Pandharpur in the Solapur district.
"A wrestling competition was organised in Kagal tehsil in the Kolhapur district ahead of Dussehra on Monday. Surwase won the bout in one of the categories and returned to the academy with other wrestlers in the evening," said Ram Sarang, who runs the academy.
In the night, he complained of chest pain.?
"A fellow wrestler took Surwase to a medical shop on a bike to bring medicine. But Surwase, who was riding a pillion, collapsed. He was rushed to a private hospital, where he was declared dead," said Sarang.
He said the heart attack caused Surwase's death as per the postmortem report.
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