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12-Year-Old Dies After Being Struck by Cricket Ball in Firozabad Match

Authorities have not received a family complaint or conducted a postmortem

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Overview

  • On Monday evening in Tundla, 12-year-old Ansh was batting for Future Cricket Academy when a ball struck his chest, rendering him unconscious.
  • He was taken to a private Tundla hospital, where medical staff declared him dead, according to Superintendent Ravi Shankar Prasad.
  • Convinced he might still survive, his family transported him to Agra for treatment before performing his last rites in Firozabad without notifying police.
  • Police confirmed that no postmortem examination was conducted on Ansh’s body.
  • Tundla police say they will initiate an investigation only after the family files a formal complaint.