Deputy Commissioner Nitesh Patil has ordered an inquiry into the death of an eightyfive-year-old man in Bennur village near Ramdurg in Belagavi district.
Basappa Khanapur died on Wednesday morning. He was under treatment in a hospital in Ramdurg. He was among the 40 admitted to the hospital a week ago, after they fell ill due to suspected water pollution.
Gram panchayat officers have said that sewage water got mixed with piped drinking water in the village.