M'lore: Advocate Ashwin Kumar Dies After Consuming Wrong Mixture on Aati

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangalore

Mangalore, Jul 30: In a tragic incident, 26-year-old Ashwin Kumar, an advocate in the city, passed away after drinking a concoction made from the sap of a tree on the occasion of Aati Amavasya on Saturday July 30.

Instead of preparing the mixture from the sap of the traditional paale tree (also called Devil's tree or haale mara), his family prepared it from the sap of a wrong tree by mistake, which proved to be fatal.

On July 30 morning, Ashwin, his brother Brijesh and mother Dakshayini along with their servant Kashaiah were admitted to KMC hospital when they took ill soon after drinking the potion.

The family are residents of Kelinja in Vittal. Dakshayini is a widow and mother of two sons and three daughters. Her husband the late Damodar Poojary was a tahsildar.

Dakshayini was already suffering from other ailments, and the poison first had effect on her. Ashwin and Brijesh immediately rushed her to the hospital but on the way even Ashwin took ill.

Brijesh and Ashwin plucked the bark of the tree from their farm, mistaking it to be the paale tree. The mother too did not notice it, and prepared the brew without raising any question.

Ashwin perished late in the evening on the same day, while his mother is out of danger and the other two are recovering.