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Indian kabaddi player shot dead during tournament

Patna Pirates' Prdeep Narwal, in Green and yellow jersey, is pinned down by players of Patna Pirates during their Vivo Pro Kabaddi league match in Mumbai, India, on Aug 26, 2017. (File photo: AP)

A prominent Indian athlete has been shot and killed after returning to the country from his home in Britain to organise a kabaddi tournament, police told AFP Tuesday.

Kabaddi -- which roughly translates to "holding hands" -- is a tag-meets-rugby contact sport widely believed to have originated in the South Asian nation thousands of years ago.

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