Law student dies during varsity football

KOLKATA: In a tragic incident, a 23-year-old law student, who was here to compete in the inter-university football tournament, died Sunday after suffering cardiac arrest, family sources said. Rittik Das, who was pursuing law at the National Law University Odisha in Cuttack, collapsed on the field at the Sports Authority of India Eastern Centre and was rushed to the nearby hospital in the afternoon. This is the second death at the SAI Eastern Centre in less than two years. Earlier, shuttler from Madhyamgram Niharendu Mallick who was just 18-year-old had died while training in September 2017.