Sundaram, 74, who was injured in the cattle attack on October 18 on South Mada Street in the Ice House area near Triplicane in Chennai, died on Friday at 11 pm. Police said he died of a prolonged lung infection, and they have slapped a case under Section 174 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 against the owner. The victim was attacked by a cow while he was walking on the road and he had to be hospitalized. The cow owner was arrested and was fined Rs 5,000 by Greater Chennai Chennai Corporation (GCC).
The CCTV footage showed that he collapsed after a cow that was roaming on the street suddenly attacked him using its horns. This was the third such incident reported in the same area (Triplicane) in the last 10 days. Previously, Kasthurirangan, 65, of TP Koil Street, was attacked by a stray cow on Tuesday while he was going for Dharsan. Similarly, an elderly woman was also attacked by stray cattle last week.
