13-year-old girl electrocuted to death in Karnataka
Belagavi (IANS) | A 13-year-old girl died after being electrocuted by a high-tension power transmission cable while playing at her residence in Belagavi on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Madhura More, a resident of Machhe village. According to the police, the girl got electrocuted from the high tension wire in front of the house. He accidentally touched the strings while playing.
Officials of the Hubballi Electricity Supply Company Limited (HESCOM) are claiming that they had served a notice to the girl’s father for not building a house at the site. But, the family ignored the notice and the danger warnings.
Belagavi Rural Police visited the spot and conducted investigation. After postmortem, the body was handed over to the parents.
–IANS
