In a tragic incident that took place in Qatar, a 30-year-old man from Beltangady taluk of the district lost his life when a compressor got exploded.

Sandesh Shetty (30), a resident of Puriya near Punjalkatte of Maladi village in Beltangady taluk is the unfortunate victim who died in the incident.

Sandesh was working as an AC Mechanic in Tachif Electromechanical Company in Qatar as per the information received from sources. He died, while he was on duty at the Qatar Stadium on July 23, when the compressor got exploded. Sandesh, who was married two years ago, was joined by his wife in Qatar just 20 days ago. He had celebrated his birthday recently on July 14.