India, March 29 -- A 23-year-old man was killed after being pulled into a thresher machine in Mirzapur village of Pataudi on Friday, police said on Saturday.

The deceased, Purushottam Singh, originally from Salempur in Budaun, Uttar Pradesh, officers added. Police said he had been living in Pataudi for the past two years and worked for a contractor in agricultural fields, assisting in operating harvesting equipment.

Investigators said Singh was working on a thresher machine when his leg was accidentally pulled inside. A senior police official said co-workers managed to stop the machine within a minute, but the injuries proved fatal. "The equipment had crushed the lower part of his body within seconds, resulting in his instant death. The...