States »EasPosted at: Jul 29 2021 2:10PM

Three members of family electrocuted in Latehar

Latehar, Jul 29 (UNI) Three members of a family died following electrocution in Nared Tola under Matlong panchayat of Manika block in this district.
The deceased included an elderly couple and their son. Family members said that early in the morning they were going towards the farm when they came in contact with a high tension wire which had broken and fallen on the ground due to which all of them died on the spot.
Upon receiving information a police team reached on the spot and sent the bodies for post-mortem. The deceased have been identified as Gangeshwar Singh (60) his wife Dhanoya Devi (58) and their son Babloo Singh (22).
Police quoting family members said that first Gangeshwar Singh came in contact with the wire, to save him the son caught his hand but he too got stuck and later to take out her husband and son the woman got electrocuted.
Manika BDO Virendra Kido along with the officer in charge of Manika Police Station reached on the spot and inquired into the incident.
The local administration gave Rs 10,000 to perform the last rites of the deceased and also two quintals of rice to the kin.
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