As #jallikattu takes off, 2 bull tamers die

Pudukkottai: In an unfortunate development, two persons involved in bull taming, were gored to death and at least 50 others, mostly spectators, were injured in a jallikattu event at Rapoosal village, in Pudukkottai district, the native place of State Health Minister Dr C. Vijayabaskar on Sunday, as the first of the bull-taming spectacle unfolded this year post-Pongal following the Tamil Nadu Governor promulgating an ordinance on Saturday evening lifting the ban on the traditional sport.