Stung by bees, man dies near Hebri

Stung by bees, man dies near Hebri

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, March 15, 2016 :  According to the Hebri police, Joseph alias Pachappan (64), working as a clerk in a plantation belonging to Jose Tarpel for the last three years at Belinje village,  was killed after he was stung by wild bees at Belinje village near Hebri in Karkala taluk of Udupi district.

At around 7.30 a.m. on Sunday, he went to switch on the water pump in the plantation, when he was stung by the swarm of wild bees.  Later, he was rushed to a private hospital in Hebri, where the doctors pronounced him dead.

Pachappan hailed from Kasaragod district in Kerala and was living with his wife in Belinje.  A case of unnatural death has been registered. Investigation is on, the police said.