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Boat repairer crushed to death under fishing boat

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March 22, 2012

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Mangalore, March 22: A boat repairer crushed to death under a fishing boat, which accidentally fell on him after repair on Thursday evening at Thota Bengre, here.

The deceased has been identified as Ashraf, a resident of Bengre. His colleague Aslam sustained severe injuries on his hand in the incident.

The tragedy occurred at around 3:00pm, when the fishermen and workers were preparing to pull the boat, belonged to one Prakash Uchina, into water for fishing voyage.

The body of Ashraf, who died on spot, was immediately shifted to Government Winlock Hospital for postmortem.

Mangalore MLA U T Khader visited the mortuary and consoled the grieving family members. He said that officials of department of fisheries have pledged to release Rs 50,000 relief for the kin of the deceased.

Another worker, whose hand was fractured in the incident, was rushed to a private hospital in the city.

A case has been registered at Panambur police station.

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