Tragic Electrocution in Barabanki: A Fatal Accident
A woman and her mother were fatally electrocuted while collecting drying clothes in Barabanki's Asandra town. The clothesline, unknowingly charged with electricity, delivered a lethal shock. Despite immediate medical attention, both were declared dead. Authorities are investigating the incident, and an electrical inspection is underway.
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In a tragic incident in Uttar Pradesh's Barabanki district, a 24-year-old woman and her mother suffered fatal electrocution while collecting clothes from a charged clothesline on Wednesday, according to police reports.
Chaman Zahra was gathering clothes from an iron wire during a drizzle, unaware it had become electrified. Upon contact, she received a severe electric shock. Her mother, Kaneez Fatima, rushed to assist her, but was also electrocuted upon touching the wire.
Both women were hastily taken to a nearby community health center where they were pronounced dead on arrival. Asandra police officials have sent the bodies for post-mortem, and a technical inspection by the electricity department is being carried out to ascertain the cause.
(With inputs from agencies.)
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