Huge demand for fighter cocks as Sankranti nears

As the organisers of cockfighting are gearing up for Sankranti festival the demand for fighter roosters is going up in erstwhile Khammam district.

Though illegal, cockfighting events are organised on Telangana and Andhra



Pradesh borders at Bhadrachalam, Dammapet, Aswaraopet, Sathupalli, Mulakalapalli in Telangana. In AP cockfighting events take place on a grand scale at border areas like Kukkunoor, Velerpadu, Seethanagaram, Tiruvuru during three days of Sankranti.