Mumbai: A 20-year-old student from Goregaon died while playing kabaddi in Malad during a tournament on Friday afternoon. The body was sent for post-mortem but the cause of death is still unknown, the doctors have sent the body tissues for further examination, said cops.
The 20-year-old deceased has been identified as Kirtikraj Mallan, a B.Com first year student at Vivek College, Goregaon. The video of the incident went viral showing him falling unconscious.
The Malad police took the student’s dead body and sent it to Shatabdi Hospital for post-mortem. "The body has been sent for post-mortem and the reasonbehind the death is still under investigation. The visceral tissues and other samples of the body will be studied to identify the cause of death, and for now the reason is mentioned as 'reserved'," said a senior police official. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.
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