Woman, daughter electrocuted in Ranchi

Ranchi: A woman and her daughter died after they were electrocuted in Tonko village near Birsa Munda international airport in Ranchi on Monday night. Police said Maheshwari Devi (40) and Sangeeta Kumari (9) had gone out in the rain to pick vegetables from a field when they came in contact with a live wire lying on the ground.
Police said the family had no vegetables except a few tomatoes at home. Despite her husband’s insistence that they could have rice and tomatoes for dinner, Maheshwari went out in the rain with her daughter to pick vegetables from the field owned by a neighbour.
Airport outpost OC Ramesh Giri, who visited the spot, said, “The two died of electrocution A case of unnatural death will be filed.”