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Kaup: Banyan tree being felled falls on labourers; one dead, two injured

04:20 PM Oct 02, 2023 | Team Udayavani |

Kapu: A labourer was killed and two others were injured after being pinned under a huge tree in the afternoon hours of Monday, October 2.

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The incident occurred at Karandadi of Mazur Village while clearing a huge banyan tree.

The deceased has been identified as Sudhir Panje, a native of Bihar-Jharkhand. The identities of the injured are yet to be ascertained.

The tree, situated on private land,  was being cut down as it was dangerously leaning onto a house. The trunk of the tree reportedly fell on the 3 workers and they were pinned under it. One among them died at the scene. Two labourers were rescued with the help of locals and rushed to a hospital in Udupi.

The work for clearing the debris was ongoing at the time of publishing this news. Kaup police were on the scene and are supervising the clearance operations.

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Kaup MLA Gurme Suresh Shetty, Kaup S.I. Abdul Khader, and Crime SI Purushottam visited the spot.

 

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