Farmer electrocuted

Erode

: A 58-year-old farmer was electrocuted after he touched a live wire accidently in his farm at

Kadambur

tribal village near

Sathyamangalam

on Wednesday evening. The deceased has been identified as

R Krishnan

, of Pasuvanapuram village. He owned two acres of farmland . On Wednesday evening, Krishnan went to his farm to irrigate the sorghum crops with water. “When he entered the farm, he touched a live wire accidently that was fenced to deter elephants from entering the farm,” an officer with Kadambur police station said. Fellow villagers rushed him to a nearby primary health centre for treatment but the doctors at the centre confirmed that he was brought dead. The body was sent to the government hospital in Sathyamangalam for postmortem. A case was registered by the Kadambur police and further inquiry is on.
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