An Indian worker was allegedly left to die by the roadside by his employer after his arm was severed and his legs were crushed while working on a farm in rural Italy, according to reports.

Satnam Singh, 31, suffered severe injuries while working on heavy machinery on a farm in Latina, a rural area close to Rome on Monday…

Singh’s employer, Antonello Lovato, is accused of driving the injured worker and his wife in a van and leaving them on the road near their home in Borgo Santa Maria…

Mr Lovato is under investigation for manslaughter, negligence of workplace safety regulations, and failure to provide aid.

The incident sparked outrage in the region with trade unionists calling for a crackdown on the “barbaric exploitation” of immigrant workers.

The Flai CGIL trade union has said it will protest the death of Singh on Saturday and called on agriculture workers to strike that day…

The system of hiring undocumented labourers across Italy is known as “caporalato” which refers to a gangmaster system where they are hired by middlemen on low salaries and without insurance or medical benefits…