Meghalaya MP Ricky Syngkon dies while playing football

Meghalaya Lok Sabha MP and Voice of the People Party (VPP) leader Ricky Andrew J Syngkon passed away in Shillong on Thursday evening, shortly after collapsing while playing futsal, party officials said.

Syngkon, who represented the Shillong Parliamentary Constituency, was participating in a friendly futsal game when he suddenly collapsed on the court. He was rushed to a hospital,



where doctors declared him dead at around 8:45 pm, a senior VPP leader told news agency PTI.

Party colleagues and close associates said the parliamentarian was participating in a friendly futsal session when the incident occurred.

Futsal is a fast-paced, scaled-down version of football played between two teams of five players each on a smaller indoor court.