Sullia, August 15: A lineman was electrocuted while repairing an electric pole at Boliamajalu near here on Wednesday.

The deceased is identified as Janardhan Nayak (48) of Aletti village. He was working as a lineman on contract basis for the last 20 years at Sullia Mescom office. Along with him, his brother Harish Nayak was also working. Both of them were working at high tension line at Boliamajalu since morning. When the incident happened, both of them were working in a single electric pole. While Harish Nayak was in the middle of the pole, Janardhan was repairing the electric wires on the top of the pole. When the Mescom permanent linemen suddenly charged the line at this moment, Janardhan Nayak was electrocuted and he burnt alive on the electric pole.

Sullia Mescom AEE  and the police visited the spot. Later, the body was shifted to the government hospital. Sullia police registered a case. Janardhan Nayak survived by his wife and a daughter.



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Ranipet (Tamil Nadu) (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was being "controlled" by US President Donald Trump and that the PM wanted the AIADMK to capture power so that he could control Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.

Also, he claimed that the prime minister "handed out our energy security and gave away our data, besides selling our farmers and small and medium industries."

"You saw yesterday (in Parliament) the face of Prime Minister Narendra Modi completely lacking confidence," Rahul said on the delimitation bill.

"He (PM) could not even face the opposition. He was sitting sideways. And the reason is, he is controlled by the United States. He signed the India-US deal that sold our country out," Rahul said while addressing an election rally here.

He further said, "Today, if Donald Trump tells Modi to jump, Modi jumps. If Donald Trump tells Modi to lie down, Modi lies down. Why? Because Donald Trump controls Modi fully. How does he control him? He controls through the Epstein files. He controls him because he knows Modi's financial systems and understands Modi's link with Adani," the Congress leader alleged.

Just as he was being controlled by Trump, Modi wanted to do the same to the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. "That is why he wants to put AIADMK in power in TN," Rahul said.

The Union government had rejected references to PM Modi in the latest Jeffrey Epstein case files, describing it as “little more than trashy ruminations by a convicted criminal that deserves to be dismissed with the utmost contempt”.