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Tractor mows down farmer sleeping under tarpaulin cover in Karimnagar
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The driver was not aware of the farmer sleeping under the tarpaulin cover and ran over him with the tractor
Hyderabad: In an unfortunate incident, a farmer identified as Uppuleti Mondaiah (60) in Karimnagar died after a tractor loaded with paddy mowed him down while he was sleeping under a tarpaulin cover.
This incident took place in Vachunur of Thimmapur mandal on Saturday morning
It is learnt that the 60-year-old brought his crop to the IKP purchasing centre two days ago. The weighing of paddy began at 3 am in the morning and the farmer slept at the centre by covering himself with a tarpaulin cover.
However, the driver, who was shifting the paddy to the rice mill in a tractor was not aware of Mondaiah sleeping under the cover and drove the tractor over him.
Mondaiah died on the spot following which police registered a case and shifted the body to the district headquarters hospital for autopsy.
