Labourer dies three days after falling into drain in Whitefield

A 32-year-old worker from Tamil Nadu, M Manjunath, died at Vydehi Hospital on Tuesday, three days after falling from an eight-foot-high retaining wall into a Rajakaluve near Manipal Hospital in Whitefield. The accident occurred at 2.35 pm when Manjunath and his co-worker, Chudappa, were pouring concrete. Manjunath suffered a serious head injury, and the Whitefield police have registered a case of causing death by negligence.