Three electrocuted, four injured in Guntur

Guntur: Three persons died of electric shock and four others sustained serious injuries in Uppalapadu village of Veldurti Mandal of Guntur district in the wee hours of Friday.

According to police, Satyanarayana,29, Venkateswarlu,55,Bikshalu Galaiah,40 died on the spot, another person injured, when a live electrical wire fell on them, while they were preparing a chariot for conducting a procession to the Goddess Poleramma in the village seeking rain. The injured have been shifted to the GGH in Guntur city for treatment. Police registered the case and took up investigation.

Following the gruesome incident in which three died due to electrical shock, a pall gloom descended the Uppalapadu village.