The weeping relatives
– Photo : Amar Ujala
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According to the information received, a father and daughter died on the spot on Wednesday afternoon after coming in contact with electric current in Bijua village under Bhadwar police station of Dumariya block of the district. People told that the electric wire was hanging in a dilapidated condition.
During this time, the father and daughter were removing mung beans and other things from the fan near the house. During this, both of them came in contact with electricity and died. However, the family members have alleged that the father and daughter died due to the negligence of the electricity department. Because the electricity wire near the house was hanging in a dilapidated condition for a long time.
People had complained to the electricity department officials, but no initiative was taken. Due to this, this incident happened today. The family members said that when their father came in contact with electricity, their daughter tried to save her father, but the daughter also got caught in the current and died on the spot.
As soon as the police got information about the incident, they took the body in their custody and sent it to Anugrah Narayan Magadh Medical College Hospital for postmortem. After the incident, the family members are crying inconsolably, the whole village is in mourning.
The deceased were identified as 50-year-old Aditya Sahu and his 15-year-old daughter Kajal Kumari. The villagers said that the father and the daughter were drying green gram seeds with the stand fan at the main entrance of the house. At that time there was no one else in the house except these two. The deceased’s wife Ranju Devi had gone to Dumriya to buy household items. The deceased Aditya Sahu ran a general store at home. When a young man from the village went to buy goods from the shop, he saw that the shop was closed. He then went to call them home. He saw that the father and the daughter were lying on the ground and an electric fan had fallen on them.
