Yogesh K Porwar & Avanth Kumar Kankaria
A 26-year-old labourer was killed after climbed a coconut tree in an inebriated state and slipped from the 20 feet height at the junk yard near BMTC depot on Mysore road in Kengeri where he was working on Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Gowtham, native of West Bengal and residing in Kamakshipalya and working in a junk yard for the last six months .
Senior officer said,on Sunday,the deceased got drunk and climbed up the tree to plunk tender coconut.
Few people heard the thud sound and rushed to his help and shifted him to RR Nagar hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.The Kengeri police have taken up a case of unnatural death and are investigating he added.
