CHENNAI: A 52-year-old man died of head injuries in Ambattur while rescuing his cat . He fell 60 feet to the bottom of the well in which the animal had been trapped on Sunday.Police officers said B Manoharan entered the well and rescued the cat by putting her in a bucket that was pulled to the surface by his teenage son Srinivasan . But, while climbing out of the well, he lost grip of the rope that was being held by his son and daughter Mahalakshmi.“Manoharan, a mason, was having breakfast at 7.30 am when he heard his daughter shout out that the cat had fallen into their well,” a police officer said. “The well is around 60 feet deep but has very little water, which the family drew up with a motor.”The officer said Manoharan entered the well by holding on to the pipe inside the well. “After rescuing the cat, Manoharan used a rope to climb out of the well but his children said the rope appeared to slip through his hands when he was close to the surface. He fell to the bottom and died on the spot,” he said.Manoharan’s son Srinivasan said his father had brought home the cat two years ago. “Kissy was his favourite pet and she was with my father all the time,” Srinivasan said.By Monday evening, mourners had gathered at the house. They tried to shoo the cat away, blaming it for Manoharan’s death. But Manoharan’s wife hugged the cat even as she cried inconsolably.Firemen from Ambattur had rushed to the spot earlier and retrieved the body from the well. The Ambattur police are investigating.