A 52-year-old farmer died of suspected poisoning caused by insecticide hours after he sprayed it on the crop at his farm in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/maharashtra-builder-booked-for-cheating-homebuyers-of-rs-12-9-crore-in-nagpur-23246390" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nagpur</a> district of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/thane-one-killed-one-injured-in-building-collapse-in-ulhasnagar-23246400" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Maharashtra</a>&nbsp;on Sunday, police said.
The incident occurred at Kachurwahi village in Ramtek tehsil, located around 50 km from <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/covid-19-maharashtra-reports-602-new-cases-3-deaths-23246384" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Nagpur</a>.
"The deceased, identified as Ramesh Gulab Charde, had started spraying the insecticide on the crop in his field from early morning on Sunday, but around 2 pm he fell ill," a police official said.
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He was then taken to a hospital in Ramtek, where he breathed his last, he said.
Charde, who owned four acres of agricultural land, is survived by his elderly mother, wife, two daughters and a son, the official said.
"It is suspected that he died due to insecticide poisoning. His body was sent for post-mortem to a government hospital and the sample of the insecticide has been collected for forensic analysis," he added.
A case of accidental death was registered at Ramtek police station.
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The incident occurred at Kachurwahi village in Ramtek tehsil, located around 50 km from Nagpur

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