UP kabaddi player, bitten by puppy he rescued a month ago, dies of rabies

A state-level kabaddi player, who was bitten by a puppy while he was rescuing it a month ago, has died of rabies in Uttar Pradesh's Bulandshahr district. He died on June 28.

A video of the victim, Brajesh Solanki, surfaced, showing him lying in a cot and experiencing a violent rabies attack before his death as people tried to stabilise him.

When Solanki, a resident of Farana village, was bitten by the puppy while rescuing it from a drain, he became negligent and did not get an anti-rabies infection.

"He rescued a puppy that fell into a drain. It bit him while he was rescuing the animal. He died on June 28," Solanki's brother, Sandeep, said.

Sandeep said his brother's condition worsened on June 26 when he experienced breathing difficulties. "He was practicing on the ground with 20 to 25 people when his condition deteriorated," he said.

Sandeep alleged that government hospitals refused to admit his brother.

"A private hospital in Aligarh said that either a dog or a monkey must have bitten him. We were asked to immediately rush him to the Aligarh Medical College or Delhi. When we took him to the medical college, they did not admit him and didn't pay attention to our pleads," he said.

On the other hand, Nitin, a friend of the victim, said Solanki never spoke about the puppy biting him while he was rescuing it and came to know about his death recently.

"He never told anyone about that incident. We used to play kabaddi together. We used to practice on the ground. He was a good player," he said.

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(with inputs from Mukul Sharma)