KANPUR, Feb. 20 -- A day after veteran cricket umpire Manik Gupta died following a bee attack at the Rahul Sapru ground in Shuklaganj, Unnao, more details have emerged on Thursday about how the tragedy unfolded. A swarm had attacked at 8 am, stung a few people and retreated, yet the cricket matches went ahead as planned. By afternoon, 65-year-old Gupta, a three-decade veteran of junior cricket in Kanpur, was on the ground, engulfed by the same swarm with more than 150 stings on his body. He died at the hospital later that day. Gupta had just finished officiating an under-13 match between YMCA and Paramount when the bees erupted from a hive in a banyan tree at the boundary wall and descended on the ground. Younger players ran to safety. Gupta stumbled and fell near the sidelines. He lay on the ground for seven to eight minutes as the swarm continued to attack. Former Ranji player Rahul Sapru, helped carry Gupta to a car. He was taken to private hospitals in Shuklaganj before being referred to LLR Hospital in Kanpur. However, the car was stuck in a traffic on the New Ganga Bridge for a crucial 45 minutes. Gupta, who had a heart condition, was declared dead at the hospital. Doctors said bee venom contains toxins that can trigger severe allergic reactions, spike blood pressure and heart rate and cause cardiac arrest. Dr BP Priyadarshi, head of medicine at GSVM Medical College, said the venom spreads through the blood and the risk of death rises with the number of stings and the time of exposure. For Gupta, both were fatal. Wednesday's death is the third major bee attack in the region this month. Around 50 people were injured in Jalaun on February 5. Nearly 30, including children, were stung at a wedding in Hamirpur on February 8. Gupta is survived by his wife and four daughters, Priyanka, Shweta, Deepika and Samriddhi, the youngest, who is an Intermediate student. On Thursday morning at Bhagwat Das Ghat, Samriddhi performed her father's last rites ....