Farmer electrocuted in Kadur after coming in contact with snapped power line
A farmer in Kadur was electrocuted after touching a fallen power line during a storm. The incident occurred while he was working on his leased land, and despite efforts to save him, he was declared dead at the hospital. His wife has filed a complaint alleging illegal power line installation and negligence by utility officials.
- ▪The victim, Hanumanthappa, was 46 years old and leased three acres of land.
- ▪He was electrocuted while trimming a fence that had a live wire fallen on it.
- ▪His wife has filed a complaint against a neighboring cultivator for illegally drawing the power line.
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A 46-year-old farmer was electrocuted at Maradihalli village in Kadur taluk on Monday, after he came in contact with a power line that had fallen on the fence during a storm.The victim, identified as Hanumanthappa, leased three acres of land belonging to Nagarathnamma of Kaduralli village. On Monday morning, he went to the field to supervise tractor ploughing. While trimming the fence around 7.45 a.m., he came in contact with a live wire that had fallen on the fence the previous evening during heavy rain and a storm.His son Maruthi and tractor driver Manu pulled him free and rushed him to the government hospital in Kadur, where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
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