Farmer dies of heart stroke while drying paddy in Telangana’s Jagtial

Pundra Jalapathi Reddy collapsed at a paddy procurement centre in Dulur of Kathalapur mandal

JAGTIAL: A farmer, Pundra Jalapathi Reddy (50), died reportedly of heart stroke while drying paddy in a paddy procurement centre in Dulur of Kathalapur mandal on Tuesday.

According to local people, Jalapathi, who shifted his crop to a purchasing centre recently, had gone to the centre to dry it. He collapsed all of a sudden while drying the paddy. Other farmers performed a CPR and shifted him to a private hospital in Kathalapur. However, he was declared brought dead by doctors.

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Jalapathi Reddy is survived by his wife Bhagyalakshi and two daughters.