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Five labourers electrocuted

VANNEL.K (Nizamabad dt.) NOV. 15. Five farm labourers engaged in removing submersible pumpsets were killed this morning when the metal pipe they were holding came into contact with an overhead 11 KV high tension electric wire in an agriculture field near this village in Nandipet mandal, about 40 km from the district headquarters.

A farm labourer survived the tragic incident and is undergoing treatment for severe burns in a private nursing home in Nandipet mandal headquarters. All the victims were poor labourers.

They were identified as Kummari Dattula Rajanna, Kurma Pothanna, Bontha Muthanna and Bontha Mallaiah, (both brothers) and Sunkari Bhomanna. The sarpanch, Abbi Gangaram, immediately called up the APTRANSCO sub-station at Khudavanpur. The sub-station staff switched off power supply to the nearby villages.

The Nandipet SI, Nagabhushanam, rushed to the spot. The bodies were charred beyond recognition.

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