Farmer burnt alive while dousing crop on fire in Karnataka's Banahatti village

Representative image showing fire.

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Vijayapura: A 62-year-old farmer was burnt alive when he was attempting to douse fire in his sugarcane farm in Banahatti village of Sindagi taluk on Friday. The deceased has been identified as Mallanagouda
Biradar.

Tahshildar and police officials visited the spot.