India, May 1 -- A man took on a bet of drinking five bottles of liquor without diluting it in a bid to win Rs.10,000. However, the bet tragically cost him his life.

The incident happened in Karnataka, where 21-year-old Karthik flexed in front of his friends that he could drink as much as five bottles of undiluted liquor, reported NDTV.

Karthik's friends have been identified as Venkata Reddy, Subramani. Out of them, Venkata Reddy challenged Karthik that he would give him Rs.10,000 if he could follow through on his boast, the report added.

To prove his point, Karthik drank five bottles of neat liquor. However, he became critically ill soon after and was admitted to a hospital in Mulbagal in Karnataka's Kolar district. He died while under...