An Indian man was stabbed by his own cock after attaching a 3-inch knife to his leg for an illegal cockfight, police said Sunday.
Thangulla Satish, 45, was stabbed in the groin area last week when the bird he had just armed for fighting flew in panic, according to police in Lothunur village in Telangana state.
“Satish was stabbed in the groin and began to bleed heavily,” Police Inspector B. Jeevan said on Sunday, revealing that the victim died on the way to a local hospital.
Police are now looking for more than a dozen other people involved in organizing the deadly cockfight, warning that they could face up to two years in prison if found guilty.
The rooster survived, with photos tied to him with a rope and knocking on the police station that went viral locally on social networks.
“We may have to take him to court,” Jeevan said.
In fighting – banned in India in 1960 – two birds with a knife or attached blade fight until one dies or runs away.
Despite the national ban, they remain common in the southern Indian states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, often under the supervision of strong local politicians, with big money bets.
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