A 56-year-old labourer died after he was run over by a road roller near Adtiya Hotel in Uppinangady on Saturday morning.

The police gave name of the deceased as Ramachandra Shikari, a native of Bihar.

The Puttur Traffic police registered a case against road roller driver S.K. Kajal for offences under Sections 281 and 106(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.