Tamil Nadu

Ailing Rajinikanth fan escapes hospital to watch Lingaa, found dead by theatre staff

Written by : TNM

The News Minute | December 26, 2014 | 10:39 am ISTA Rajini-fan ailing from a kidney disease was found dead in a movie theatre in Coimbatore after watching his star's latest film Lingaa . The man, Rajendran, 56, had been undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment at the government hospital and had been on drips for the last few days, reported PTI.Initially though a strict watch on him by the hospital prevented him from catching the movie in the initial days of its release, he somehow managed to escape the hospital authorities attention one night. But after watching a late-night show at a theatre, staff at the cinema theatre found the man lying dead with his drip-tube intact in his seat. TweetRead BJP, RSS burn Tamil writer's book, seek arrest alleging portrayal of temple in bad light

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