Hyderabad, August 26: A 39-year-old diabetic died after he tried to gulp down seven laddus without stop in a contest on Tuesday.
Bandu Joshi died during a laddu-eating competition organised by a private FM radio channel at a Ganesh festival pandal here, police said.
Joshi, a catering worker residing at Tarnaka here, had been to his relatives’ house at New Nallakunta where he participated in the contest.
“He tried to stuff about six to seven laddus in one go. But, being a diabetic, Joshi immediately suffered breathlessness and was rushed to a nearby hospital where he died during treatment,” a police officer said.
The body has been sent for post mortem. “We have registered a case of unnatural death,” he said.
–PTI