Loud DJ Music Causes Death Of Two Women During Bathukamma Celebrations
Two women reportedly collapsed to their death during Bathukamma celebrations in Khammam and Kumuram Bheem Asifabad districts on Sunday evening amid loud DJ music being played at both the venues.
Nalgonda: Two women reportedly collapsed to their death during Bathukamma celebrations in Khammam and Kumuram Bheem Asifabad districts on Sunday evening amid loud DJ music being played at both the venues.
In Khammam district, Yalagala Bharathi, 50, collapsed while celebrating Bathukamma at Cherumadharam village in Nelakondapalli mandal.
She reportedly suffered a heart attack during Bathukamma accompanied by loud music.
Her relatives took her to a hospital in Nelakondapalli, where doctors pronounced her dead.
Bharathi had come to her maternal home in Cherumadharam from Appala Narasimhapuram to take part in the Saddula Bathukamma celebrations.
On Sunday evening, she joined women of the area in the celebrations.
After the event, a large group of women from different streets in the village proceeded to a local tank for the immersion of Bathukamma.
Four DJ systems had been playing loud music when Bharathi collapsed, leading to her death.
In a separate incident at Kumuram Bheem Asifabad district, Yelka Srivani, 25, a software engineer, collapsed while participating in Bathukamma celebrations accompanied by loud music at Burguda village in Asifabad mandal on Sunday evening.
Her friends rushed her to the Asifabad Government Hospital.
Doctors declared her dead on arrival.
Srivani, daughter of Venkatesh and Suvarna, belongs to Babasagar village in Chinthamanepally mandal.
She worked for an IT company in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, and had visited relatives in Burguda for the festival.