Mananthavady: A 29-year-old man died after a tree branch fell on him while he was cutting trees on the premises of Government College, Thonichal, around 11 am on Thursday. The deceased, Kallippadathu Rajesh, was a native of Quarry Road, Peechangode.

Local residents rushed him to the Government Medical College Hospital in Mananthavady, but he succumbed to severe head injuries, according to doctors.

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Mananthavady police conducted the inquest and registered a case for unnatural death. The body was handed over to the family after an autopsy. Rajesh is survived by his mother, Shylaja, and siblings Sudheesh and Radhika.

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