killing another man instead of a goat during an animal sacrifice. The incident took part amid celebrations for the religious festival of Sankranti in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday, where a man only known as Chalapathi accidentally killed a man only named as Suresh.
Chalapathi was supposed to carry out the animal sacrifice and cut the goat’s head, The Free Press Journal reports. According to a police report however, he was too drunk and mistakenly cut Suresh’s throat instead – who was the one holding the animal in preparation for its slaughter.
Suresh started bleeding heavily and was rushed to hospital, but medics were not able to save his life and he was pronounced dead shortly after.
Cops arrested the alleged perpetrator and have since confirmed that they are conducting a further investigation to determine how something like this happened.
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