Man succumbs to injuries sustained during Hingot festival

A 30-year-old man today succumbed to the injuries he sustained during hurling of burning Hingots (a hollow fruit stuffed with gunpowder) during the annual Hingot festival at Gautampura town, around 55 kms from here, police said.
Kishore was one of the three injured who suffered severe burn injuries and was admitted to a government-run Maharaja Yeshwantrao Hospital, a police officer said.
He had sustained injuries to his head, a doctor of the M Y Hospital said.
The doctors treated rest of 33 injured at the venue of the Hingot fight last night and sent them home, he added.
Hingot War is an age-old tradition of residents of Gautampura, which is observed a day after Diwali. In this exercise, warriors are categorised in two groups namely Turra of Gautampura and Kalgi of Rungi village, who attack each other with burning Hingots.

Hingot, a jungle fruit, is emptied and stuffed with gunpowder, coal and brimstone and then hurled at rival groups like a burning missile during the festival.