Belthangady: In a tragic accident reported from Belthangady Taluk’s Kokradi village, a man and his wife died of electrocution on Thursday late night here.
The deceased have been identified as Sarojini Moolya (50) and her husband Sanjeev Moolya (55).
According to the reports Sarojini who noticed fire sparks on the switchboard of her brother’s house rushed to unplug the fuse to stop the power supply of the house but was unfortunately electrocuted. Sanjeev who witnessed the incident jumped into the rescue of his wife and was electrocuted. The couple died on the spot.
A technical snag was suspected to have caused the incident as wires of about 5-6 houses in the neighborhood was reported to have burnt and damaged.
Zilla Panchayath member Dharanendra Kumar, Belthangady Circle Inspector Sandesh, Tahsildar, MESCOM junior engineers and others visited the spot after the incident was reported.
A case has been registered at Venur Police Station in this regard.

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Lucknow (PTI): Kolkata Knight Riders edged Lucknow Super Giants via Super Overs in a battle between two bottom-placed teams in the IPL, here on Sunday.
Chasing a modest 156, LSG suffered a batting collapse and managed to tie the contest and take it to Super Over with No. 9 Mohammed Shami striking a last-ball six against a wayward Kartik Tyagi, who leaked 16 runs in the final over.
But Sunil Narine bowled a stunning Super Over conceding just one run and taking two wickets to give KKR an easy target.
Rinku Singh then finished the chase with a boundary off first ball from Prince Yadav.
Earlier the KKR were in deep trouble with 93/7 in 15 overs but Rinku smashed a sensational 83 not out from 51 balls including four sixes in a row in the final over to lift them to 155/7.
Cameron Green (34) was the only other batter to reach double-digit scores as KKR suffered a familiar batting meltdown with Mohsin taking his maiden fifer.
In reply, LSG continued their dismal show with the bat to succumb to their fifth loss in a row.
Brief Scores:
Kolkata Knight Riders 155/7; 20 overs (Rinku Singh 83 not out, Cameron Green 34; Mohsin Khan 5/23). Lucknow Super Giants 155/8; 20 overs (Rishabh Pant 42). KKR won via Super Over.
