Archive · 11 Sep 2026
Beed Farmer Dies of Electric Shock During Pola Preparations
Shahaji Laxman Aware was a 44-year-old farmer from Chikhli.
He was preparing food for his cattle during the Pola festival.
He had already bathed his bullocks for the festival.
While using a machine to cut fodder, he received a powerful electric shock.
He fell down near the machine.
His family and neighbours turned off the electricity and took him to a hospital.
Doctors said he had died before arriving.
His death saddened the village, and his funeral was held that afternoon.
Shahaji Laxman Aware, 44, died while preparing cattle fodder in Chikhli.
The incident occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on Thursday during the Pola festival.
Police said an electrical current passed through a wire or metal part of the fodder-cutting machine.
Family members and neighbours disconnected the power, but Aware had already died.
Aware was declared dead at an Ashti rural hospital and was cremated in the village later that day.
- Who
- Shahaji Laxman Aware, a 44-year-old farmer from Chikhli in Ashti tehsil.
- What
- He died after suffering an electric shock while operating a fodder-cutting machine.
- When
- About 8:30 a.m. on Thursday, during the Pola festival.
- Where
- At a farm shed near his home in Chikhli, Ashti tehsil; he was later taken to the rural hospital in Ashti.
- Why
- Police reports said an electrical current passed through a wire or the machine’s metal component while he was preparing cattle feed.
- Deceased
- Shahaji Laxman Aware
- Age
- 44
- Location
- Chikhli, Ashti tehsil
- Time of incident
- Around 8:30 a.m. on Thursday
- Activity
- Operating a fodder-cutting machine
- Festival
- Pola
- Survivors
- His wife, one son and one daughter
- Aftermath
- Postmortem completed; last rites held Thursday afternoon