Three Persons Electrocuted During Festival In Srikakulam
The two children and one person were electrocuted to death, while two others suffered injuries in the incident.
Visakhapatnam: Three people, including two children, were electrocuted, and two others sustained injuries during the local deity festival at Chilloputtuga village of Kanchili mandal in Srikakulam district on Monday.
The deceased were identified as K. Eswar, 28, B. Nandini,12, and N. Krishna.4.
According to the police, the village was decorated with colourful electrical bulbs for the local deity festival. One of the wires snapped and fell on the children. In order to save the children, three more people came in contact with the wire. The two children and one person were electrocuted to death, while two others suffered injuries in the incident. The injured P. Manoj and P. Devaraju were admitted to a hospital in Odisha. Kanchili police registered a case and shifted the bodies to the government hospital for the postmortem.