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  Caught on cam: Class 10 student electrocuted while playing badminton in Maharashtra's Nallasopara

  Maharashtra | July 12, 2025 9:26 IST

  Maharashtra: The tragedy unfolded around 7 PM on Friday evening in the compound of a residential society. While playing badminton with his friends, Akash attempted to retrieve a shuttlecock that had become lodged near the window of a first-floor apartment.

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  Jharkhand: Father and son electrocuted after bike comes in contact with live wire

  Jharkhand | May 05, 2025 22:55 IST

  A father and son in Jharkhand’s Palamu district were electrocuted after their motorcycle came in contact with a snapped high-tension wire, sparking anger over alleged power department negligence.

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  Kanyakumari: Four die of electrocution during church festival preparations

  March 02, 2025 14:24 IST

  The deceased were carrying a metal ladder, which came in contact with a high-tension live wire, due to which all of them died within few seconds.

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  Probe launched after 34-year-old schoolteacher dies of electrocution at New Delhi Railway Station

  Delhi | June 26, 2023 17:47 IST

  The police stated that the incident has prompted the concerned authorities to carry out a safety audit of electricity infrastructure and all-electric poles to prevent similar incidents in the future.

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  West Bengal: 10 students electrocuted in South 24 Parganas, 5 hospitalized

  India | November 27, 2022 7:40 IST

  West Bengal: According to reports, Students were electrocuted due to a broken power cable.

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  Tamil Nadu: Man along with his 5 dogs electrocuted in Madurai

  India | November 13, 2022 18:22 IST

  The victim Manickam and his five dogs came in contact with the live electric fence and were electrocuted instantly. His friends managed to escape.

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  Plan gone wrong! Man lays electric wire to kill wife. Know what happened next

  India | October 11, 2022 11:07 IST

  Electrocution death: The electric wire was kept connected to an iron door. The incident took place in Saikheda village under Kotwali police station limits on Monday. The man was a habitual drinker and this often led to quarrels with his wife, Kotwali police station in-charge Apaala Singh said.

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  MP: Passenger electrocuted, another injured as bus touches high-tension electricity line

  India | April 24, 2022 18:58 IST

  Maneri police post in charge Pankaj Vishwakarma said the bus was carrying a marriage party. 

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  Bihar: 1 dead, 3 children injured after being electrocuted at R-Day function in Buxar

  India | January 26, 2022 14:30 IST

  The three injured children have been shifted to Sadar Hospital for medical treatment.

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  Cyclone Yaas: 5 killed in Bengal in incidents of lightning, electrocution

  India | May 28, 2021 6:31 IST

  Heavy rain lashed the metropolis and some other districts of West Bengal, a day after cyclone 'Yaas' wreaked havoc in several places

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  Couple electrocuted while trying to catch fish in pond in Coimbatore

  India | April 30, 2021 18:15 IST

  Raju and Mallika had gone to catch fish in the pond and accidentally stamped on the wire leading to instant death, the police said.

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  Four labourers electrocuted at construction site in Bengaluru, probe underway

  India | April 08, 2021 14:34 IST

  The incident took place at Indlabele in Anekal Taluk on Wednesday where the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-storey residential building was held.

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  Priest electrocuted to death at Basukinath temple in Jharkhand

  India | January 01, 2020 23:40 IST

  A 30-year-old priest was electrocuted to death inside the sanctum sanctorum of the famous Basukinath temple in Dumka on Wednesday, the police said.

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  Ghaziabad: Six people including 5 children electrocuted to death in Loni

  India | December 30, 2019 11:18 IST

  Six members of a family were electrocuted to death after a short-circuit at a house in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Monday.

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  Policeman's son electrocuted in UP's Bareilly

  India | September 22, 2019 16:01 IST

  According to Superintendent of Police (City) Abhinandan Singh, the incident took place at the Biharipur police outpost in the city.

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  Man electrocuted, another injured as Tazia hits live wires in Sambhal

  India | September 10, 2019 11:37 IST

  The incident took place in Bahjoi area when Safleen (40) and others were taking out 'tazia', police said.

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  Two of family electrocuted to death

  India | August 31, 2019 13:13 IST

  Ramesh was chasing away animals who had entered his agriculture field on Friday when he accidently came in contact with a high tension wire, ASP Gyananjay Singh said.

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  Woman, son electrocuted by table fan in Uttar Pradesh

  India | August 24, 2019 22:25 IST

  A woman and her son died after being electrocuted by a table fan here on Saturday, police said. The woman's husband also received an electric shock while trying to save the two.

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  5 students electrocuted to death in Karnataka town

  India | August 18, 2019 14:59 IST

  Five students aged 14-16 years were electrocuted to death in a freak mishap on the terrace of a residential school building in Karnataka.

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  Gujarat: Two students electrocuted ahead of flag hoisting in school

  India | August 15, 2019 15:31 IST

  "Since the metal pole, which was supposed to be used to hoist the tricolour, was lying on the terrace of the school, the two teenaged students went upstairs to bring it to the ground. But when they lifted the pole, it accidentally touched a live wire hanging over the terrace," he said.