Hyderabad: A farmer in Karimnagar died after a tractor loaded with paddy ran over him while he was sleeping under a tarpaulin cover.
This incident took place in Vachunur of Thimmapur mandal on Saturday morning.
60-year-old Uppuleti Mondaiah brought his crop to the IKP purchasing centre two days ago. As weighing of the paddy is being done since 3 am in the morning, the farmer slept at the centre by covering himself with a tarpaulin.
However, the driver, who was shifting the paddy to the rice mill in a tractor was unaware 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.
Follow on Twitter | Posted by Masrath Fatima | 
