UP: Septuagenarian among two electrocuted in Etah’s village

Arvind Chauhan / TNN / Jul 23, 2019, 22:57 IST

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Two persons, including a man and his septuagenarian mother, were electrocuted in UP's Etah district.

UP: Septuagenarian among two electrocuted in Etah’s village

AGRA: Two persons, including a man and his septuagenarian mother, were electrocuted in UP's Etah district.
The incident took place in Nagla Mangli village of Jaitra police jurisdiction on Tuesday morning. The victim was identified as Indraveer (46) and his mother Rambeti (76).
According to police, Indraveer was taking his cattle for grazing when one of the bovines separated from the herd and went toward electric pole, where the harness of cattle got stuck around the pole.
“When Indraveer went to release the cattle from electric pole, he came into contact of high power and was electrocuted. Seeing his son lying unconscious near electric pole, Rambeti went to rescue him, but she too was electrocuted,” said Jaitra police.
The body of the two victims were sent for autopsy.

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Arvind Chauhan

Arvind Chauhan is an experienced journalist with a demonstrated history of working in the newspapers industry as well as for the social media wing as digital content creator. He has covered subjects like railways, aviation, defence, energy, health, real estate, minority affairs, women and child development, crime, customs, telecom, district court, district administration, roads and infrastructure, armed forces tribunal, and regional politics across Uttar Pradesh. He began his career in Lucknow, and has done reporting in West Uttar Pradesh. He has won the Times Scribe Award four times including for busting fake news, and extensive coverage on Covid orphans. He graduated with a journalism degree from Times School of Journalism and BA (Honors) in English from Lucknow University.

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