A 10-year-old boy has lost his hand while working in a sugarcane mill in Koraput district. The condition of the boy undergoing treatment in the Koraput District Headquarters Hospital was stable, medical sources said on Friday. According to reports, Kamal lochan Gauda and his family from Ambadola village in Nabarangpur district have been working in a sugarcane mill near Ambaguda village in Jeypore block in Koraput district. On Wednesday, while the family members were working in the mill, the right hand of Kamal’s son came under the crusher. He was rushed to the Koraput district headquarters hospital in the night where the doctors amputated his hand up to his elbow on Thursday.
The Nabarangpur police have begun investigation into the incident after arriving at Ambaguda village, while the District labour Officer (DlO) has recorded the statement of the boy and his family members. Notably, districts of Koraput and Nabarangpur have witnessed three such incidents within four months. Debi Singh Gauda, a student of class VII, had lost his hand while working in a sugarcane mill in Nabarangpur district on October 11 last year. Similarly, a 35-year-old youth had lost his hand in a sugarcane mill in Borigumma block in Koraput district on January 2 this year and succumbed to his injuries later.