Woman, 4-year-old son die of electrocution

NT Correspondent

Bengaluru: A woman and her four- year- old son were electrocuted by an immersion coil, used for heating water, at Kanaka Nagar in Hosakote on the outskirts of the city, Bengaluru rural police said on Monday.

The deceased have been identified as Jyothi and her son Jayananda. Police said the incident occurred on Sunday afternoon when an immersion coil was kept in the bathroom to heat water when the boy came in contact with it.

In a bid to rescue him, the mother also came in contact with the coil and both were electrocuted. It is learnt that the family hails from Raichur district. Jyothi and her husband had arrived in the city recently to work as construction labourers. Hosakote police visited the spot and registered a case.