Bulls roar in TN’s Avaniyapuram Jallikattu, best man, bull win prizes

Key Highlights

• Among the injured, eight were admitted to a hospital with simple injuries.
• Balamurugan of Valayakulam in Madurai district was presented the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister’s prize of a car.
• G R Karthik of Avaniyapuram who embraced 17 bulls and Ranjith also of Avaniyapuram who could hold on to the hump of 16 bulls during the daylong event, were presented a bike and a gold coin respectively.
• State Commercial Taxes and Registration Minister P Moorthi who earlier inaugurated the sport in the presence of Madurai district collector Pravin Kumar and other senior officials, presented the prizes.
• Virumandi brothers were presented the Deputy Chief Minister’s prize of a tractor as their bull Manthai Muthukaruppan ferociously evaded the daring tamers.