Three die in separate Khagaria incidents

Khagaria: Three people, including a woman, died in separate incidents during the last 24 hours in Khagaria district.

One Jyoti Kumari (30) of ward number 8 was electrocuted while her husband Rajendra Sharma sustained burn injuries while they were planting paddy seedlings at Bela Naubad village under Beldaur police station area of Khagaria district late Monday evening. Rajendra was admitted to the sadar hospital.

In another incident, a 35-year-old man was run over by a passenger train near Khagaria railway station. GRP SHO said the deceased was yet to be identified.

In yet another incident, police fished out the body of a minor boy from a ditch filled with rainwater at Kharagpura under Parbatta police station area.

The boy drowned while washing his cattle on Monday. SHO Arvind Kumar said the deceased was identified as Kundan Kumar (16), son of Dabloo Yadav of the same village.