AIADMK's "Carry Coffin" Jab As Man Dies Hours After Attending Vijay's Rally

A man who attended a rally of actor and TVK chief Vijay in Tamil Nadu's Salem died in hospital of a heart attack, a local administration official said.

The man got a stent implant last year due to a heart condition, the official said. He was a resident of Maharashtra, the police said.

He was standing with his friends at the far end of the rally crowd -- which the police said exceeded the allowed cap of 5,000 attendees -- when he fainted, the district commissioner said. His friends took him to hospital, where unfortunately he died, the official added.