Mangaluru, Nov 5 (PTI): A 48-year-old man died after a wall collapsed on him while he was removing iron and other materials from an old building of Malnad cashew factory at Sullia in Dakshina Kannada district on Friday.

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The victim was identified as Abdul Khader, a scrap merchant, police sources said.

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The cashew factory had closed down years back and the work of clearing the old building was taken up by Khader recently.

Khader reached the site with a few workers this morning. When the iron truss that was placed above the wall was being pulled down with a rope, the wall collapsed on him, the sources said.

Police visited the spot and conducted a preliminary inquiry. A case has been registered.

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