Four of a family step on electric wire at night in Kalaburagi district; three dead, one injured
Kalaburagi: A woman and her two sons were electrocuted while the woman’s husband was grievously injured as they stepped on an electric wire in Dhangar Galli in Chincholi town of the district on Saturday night.
The victims have been identified as Jharanamma (45), Mahesh (18) and Suresh (20). Ambannani, Jharanamma’s husband, is undergoing treatment, the police said.
Following heavy wind and showers on Saturday night, an electric line got disconnected from a pole in Dhangar Galli.
An electric wire had also fallen on the rainwater stagnant in the front yard of the victims’ house.
The rain intensified late at night and the family decided to shift the cattle in the cowshed to a safer place. The couple and their sons suffered an electric shock as they stepped on the puddle on which the wire had fallen, and the mother and sons died on the spot.
Chincholi Police have registered a case and are investigating.
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Bengaluru: Congress workers stage protest with mugs before Modi's convoy; detained
Bengaluru: Amid the ongoing Karnataka Congress campaign accusing the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi of giving the state a 'chombu' (mug), Congress workers staged a protest by blocking the road while Prime Minister Modi was en route to the Palace Grounds in Bengaluru to attend the BJP convention.
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Led by Muhammad Nalapad, a group of Congress workers staged a protest with mugs in the middle of the road.
However, the officials took the protesting workers into custody.
