Puttur: Trapped laborers die of suffocation as rescue attempts fail
Puttur: Two young workers who were trapped in a hole in Puttur earlier on Thursday, died after attempts of rescue failed.
Earlier in the day, two workers had gotten down into a drain to repair a pipe at Kadammaje near Arlapadav. When the pipe reportedly broke during the repairing work, the duo fell into the hole and were trapped under the soil.
A JCB which was working on an excavation nearby to dispose of the chicken waste from a poultry farm owned by Kadammaje Haji Abdullah; is said to have unknowingly caused a pile of excavated soil to fall into the hole where the workers had fallen.
Unfortunately, both the labourers, who were residents of the Parpala colony who were trapped in the ground after the caving in of excavated earth, reportedly died of suffocation before they could be rescued.
The deceased labourers have been identified as Ravi (24) and Babu (34).
Sampya Police Station officials are investigating the case.
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Rohith Vemula's mother meets T'gana CM Revanth Reddy, seeks 'justice'
Hyderabad (PTI): Rohith Vemula's mother Radhika Vemula met Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy here on Saturday and urged him to see that "justice" is done to the family.
Reddy assured her that an investigation would be conducted again into the University of Hyderabad student's suicide in 2016 and that justice would be done, an official release said.
Police have filed a closure report before a local court in its probe into the death of Rohith Vemula, a student of the University of Hyderabad, claiming he was not a Dalit and died by suicide in 2016 as he feared that his "real caste" would be discovered.
Telangana DGP Ravi Gupta has already announced to conduct further investigation into the case in view of the doubts expressed by Rohith Vemula's mother and others on the closure report.
A petition will be filed in the court concerned requesting the Magistrate to permit further investigation into the case, he said in a statement on Friday night.
The police gave a clean chit to the accused, including incumbent Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, former BJP MLC N Ramchander Rao, and cited lack of evidence in the case.
