8-year-old ragpicker gets electrocuted after pulling transformer wire in Chikkaballapura

Vartha Bharati | 18-01-2024 | 17:08:00 IST

PC: thebengalurulive

Bengaluru: An eight-year-old ragpicker got electrocuted on Thursday while he was trying to pull a metal wire rope fixed to a transformer adjacent to a drain at Manchenahalli in Chikkaballapura district, according officials of Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM).

''While Nagendra pulled the guy wire it came in contact with the LT circuit and he got electrocuted. There is no fault of BESCOM in this case,'' said a BESCOM official.

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Senior BESCOM officials visited the spot and were waiting for the report from the Electrical Inspectorate on the accident, he said. Near the accident spot, drainage and other work related to Chikkaballapura- Gowribidanuru National Highway was in progress, BESCOM said.

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Man dragged into river by crocodile in Vadodara; search ops underway

07-05-2026 ¦ 07-05-2026 IST

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Vadodara (PTI): A 22-year-old man was dragged into a river by a crocodile in Gujarat's Vadodara district on Thursday and search operations are currently underway to locate him, a police official said.

The incident took place at 1:30pm when Mithun Vasava, a resident of Kagdipara village, had gone to take a dip in Dev river amid the stifling heat, the official told PTI.

"The crocodile suddenly attacked the man and dragged him into the river. Search operations are currently underway to locate Vasava," the official added.