A 55-year-old man M Rajaram died as the roof of his house collapsed and fell on him when he was asleep at Royapuram on Sunday.

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His body was retrieved around 2.30 am and sent for post-mortem. Meanwhile, a 54-year-old woman G Roopavathy was electrocuted at Kodungaiyur when she switched on the motor pump at her house. She was declared brought dead to a private hospital. In related incidents, two people drowned as Madurai and Virudhunagar experienced heavy rains. The deceased were identified as V Rajasekar (30), of M. Ramasamypuram, and A. Musthafa (20) of Virudhunagar. Rajasekar was drowned in the gushing waters of a stream while Musthafa who had come along with his friends to Saptur, drowned in a stream at Keni.
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