New Delhi: A shocking incident has been reported from Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura where a man died after he didn’t wash his hands following spraying of pesticides in his field. The incident occurred late on Saturday night, according to the police.
The man was identified as 27-year-old Kanhaiya, who had gone to spray pesticides in the agricultural fields on Saturday, PTI reported. On coming back home, despite his wife’s insistence, the man refused to wash his hands and sat down to eat dinner. The man rubbished his wife’s concern of not washing hands as harmless, Station House Officer (SHO) Ranjana Sachan was quoted as saying by the news agency.
After dinner, Kanhaiya started to feel uneasy, and experienced drowsiness as his condition deteriorated fast. He was immediately taken to a hospital, where doctors declared him dead, according to the officer. After a postmortem examination, the man’s body was handed over to his family.
Similar cases of pesticide poisoning
Pesticide poisoning take a heavy toll. In 2023, a 19-year-old youth in Pune, Maharashtra, died after reportedly accidentally consuming pesticide in a servant’s room at Balewadi High Street. The deceased was identified as Asib Mandal and he belonged to West Bengal. The incident occurred on October 24, 2023, and he breathed his last at a private hospital on October 29, 2023.
Pune police said Mandal was employed at a restaurant on Balewadi High Street. In a bid to control bed bugs in the servant’s room, he brought pesticide from the hotel and stored it in a water bottle. Later, while in an inebriated state, he accidentally consumed the pesticide and passed away in the hospital.
In 2019, in another shocking incident, a 40-year-old man lost his life after he allegedly consumed pesticide accidentally at his house at Mohammadpur Jharsa village in Gurugram’s Sector 37 on May 20. Police said that the victim, identified as Narendra, had been suffering from a fever for the past few days. His family members reportedly said that he accidentally consumed the pesticide, which was intended for killing insects, instead of his medicine.
