Puttur: Two laborers die after being trapped under mound of mud

Mangaluru, March 04, 2021: Two laborers died after a mound of mud fell on them while they were working at the poultry farm waste pit at Panaje in Puttur today.

Police said that Babu and his neighbor Ravi of Panaje village had been to the Poultry farm of Abdulla in the same village today around 9.30 am.

They were hired as laborers to install cement pipe for the slab above the pit. The two were working when a mound of mud dumped near the pit fell on the two. The mud was removed and both were shifted to Puttur government hospital around 12.30 pm. But the doctor declared the two dead.

Puttur Police have filed a case against Abdulla for not taking precautionary measures under IPC section 304 (A) (Causing death by negligence).