Bantwal: 54-year old woman dies of electrocution while drying clothes on wire
Bantwal: A 54-year old woman died after being electrocuted at Narikombu in Bantwal Taluk on Saturday.
The deceased has been identified as Geetha (54), a resident of Janata Graha.
Geetha was electrocuted when she was reportedly drying clothes on wire when the electricity passed through the wire.
Soon after the incident Geetha was taken to Thumbay hospital where she was declared brought dead.
The deceased is survived by her husband, son and three daughters.
A case has been registered at Bantwal Police Station.
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UP: Blood-soaked body of elderly man found in Hathras
Hathras (UP) (PTI): The blood-soaked body of an elderly man was found inside his house in Paharpur village here on Tuesday morning, police said.
The deceased, Jagdish Prasad Sharma, 75, who lived alone, had gone to sleep in his house on Monday night, officials said.
On Tuesday morning, his blood-soaked body was lying on a cot, with marks on his head and body indicating blows from a sharp-edged weapon, they said, adding that the police suspect murder.
Police and forensic teams reached the spot upon receiving information and sent the body for a post-mortem, they said.
Additional Superintendent of Police Ramanand Kushwaha said that Sharma, a retired Health Department employee, had been living alone since his wife's death during the COVID-19 pandemic.
He owned around 20-25 bighas of land and was also engaged in money lending, the officer said.
