TIRUCHY: A Kabaddi player died of cardiac arrest while playing the game in Kumbakonam on Sunday night. It is said, the youths from Natchiyarkovil organised a Kabaddi tournament in Kumbakonam on Sunday and Senthil Kumar (35), a resident from Nannilam Perumal Kovil Street took part in the game.

While he was playing, he sustained a cardiac arrest and the event organisers rushed him to the Kumbakonam GH, but he was declared brought dead. Natchiyarkovil police registered a case and are investigating.