'Live samadhi': Man buried alive in dangerous stunt suffocates to death in Nuh
A 27-year-old man died from suffocation after attempting a 'live samadhi' burial stunt as part of a traveling circus in Nuh, India. The performer remained underground for an extended period, exceeding the safety limits of the high-risk performance.
Why it matters
This incident highlights the extreme dangers associated with unregulated performance stunts and the lack of safety oversight in rural entertainment venues.
GURGAON: A 27-year-old man who was put inside a sack and buried in a bizarre circus stunt that was performed last week at a village in Nuh, with the audience promised the spectacle of watching him emerge from there alive after a long gap, suffocated. His death was discovered only when other members of the stunt group dug up the ground during the finale, which is believed to be three days after the burial, to pull him out. Deepak, a resident of Gaunchi village in Faridabad, was one of the organisers of a travelling bicycle circus that had set itself up on a vacant plot at Khori village in Tauru.
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