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Angry India fan kills nephew

By Will 2 years ago, at the start of November Leave a comment on this post

There is no doubting India’s obsession/addiction/love for cricket but stories such are these are rare, thankfully so, and a bit disturbing. It’s a bloody game:

Madness for cricket has cost a child his life as his uncle - a police official - banged his head on the floor after India’s loss to Australia on Monday. The Chandigarh police registered a complaint against the relative on Wednesday.

[...]

According to the parents of the child, Malkit Singh was watching the crucial Champions Trophy match between India and Australia, played at Mohali near here, in their house in Sector 30 and had an argument with other family members over India’s poor show in cricket.

In a fit of rage, he picked up the child and banged his head two-three times on the floor. Before the child’s family could react to save the child, the damage had been done.

More at DNA.

Tags: death, icc-champions-trophy, india, madness, obsession |

4 Responses to “Angry India fan kills nephew”

Omar Haq wrote:
November 2nd, 2006 at 4.20 pm

oh my goodness - that’s horrible

ty wrote:
November 2nd, 2006 at 6.46 pm

fucking hell…

Sam wrote:
November 3rd, 2006 at 2.03 pm

What an idiot!
…who backs India these days?!

No…He should be hanged for killing an innocent child! Jeez!

karina wrote:
July 28th, 2007 at 8.11 pm

India captain Rahul Dravid came down heavily on an Indian television channel on Friday and asked them to verify the facts before running stories

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