Toddy tapper falls to death in KarnatakaThe deceased has been identified as Vishwambaran, hailing from Dharmasthala.
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Mangaluru: A 58-year-old toddy tapper died after he slipped and fell from a coconut tree in Dakshina Kannada district on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Vishwambaran, hailing from Dharmasthala.
He was a former director of the Konaje Toppy Tappers’ Society here.
Sources said Vishwambaran had climbed the coconut tree near a house at Somanatha Uliya in Ullal taluk for tapping when he slipped and fell. Ullal police have registered a case.