Archive · 15 Sep 2026
Telangana Case Registered After Lorry Cleaner Dies on Electric Fence
Police in Telangana registered a case against a tenant farmer after a young lorry cleaner died.
The cleaner was named Rupesh Kumar and was 21 years old.
He allegedly touched a live electric wire around a farm in Gandhari village.
Police said the wire had been put up to keep wildlife away from crops.
Rupesh had been travelling with a lorry driver named Avadhesh.
Their lorry had earlier crashed into a tanker near Kupti bridge.
The two men left the crash site because they feared workers might have died.
Rupesh later moved through the farm fields and allegedly came into contact with the wire.
Ichoda police registered a case against tenant farmer Atram Chandrabhan, 41.
Lorry cleaner Rupesh Kumar, 21, allegedly died after touching a live wire around an agricultural field.
The incident occurred in Gandhari village of Neredigonda mandal, Telangana.
Police said Chandrabhan allegedly installed the wire to protect standing crops from wildlife.
Rupesh and driver Avadhesh had earlier fled a lorry-tanker crash at Kupti bridge, fearing workers may have been killed.
- Who
- Ichoda police registered a case against tenant farmer Atram Chandrabhan after lorry cleaner Rupesh Kumar died; driver Avadhesh was also involved in the preceding journey.
- What
- Rupesh Kumar allegedly died after coming into contact with a live electric wire erected around an agricultural field.
- When
- The lorry crash occurred a few days before the reported death; no exact date was provided.
- Where
- The death occurred in agricultural fields in Gandhari village, Neredigonda mandal, Telangana; the earlier crash occurred at Kupti bridge.
- Why
- Police said the wire was allegedly installed to protect standing crops from wildlife.
- Accused
- Tenant farmer Atram Chandrabhan, 41
- Deceased
- Rupesh Kumar, 21, a lorry cleaner from Bihar
- Incident
- Contact with a live electric wire around an agricultural field
- Location
- Gandhari village, Neredigonda mandal, Telangana
- Police station
- Ichoda police
- Stated purpose of wire
- Protecting standing crops from wildlife
- Earlier journey
- Rupesh Kumar and driver Avadhesh were travelling from Raipur to Hyderabad