Two died due to electric shock in Srikakulam district

Srikakulam: In a tragic incident, two persons have lost their lives due to electric shock in Srikakulam district. This incident happened at the chicken center on the main road near the Mandal Parishad office. The deceased were identified as Sheikh Basha (45), and his son-in-law Sheikh Saidu (28), who opened the shop at 5 am on Sunday.

At 7 am, Saidu has put the chickens in the dressing machine. In this context, he got an electric shock and was thrown away along with the dressing drum. Sheikh Basha, who heard the noise rushed to rescue his son-in-law and caught his hand. With this, Basha also suffered current shock, and both died on the spot.

As the chicken center is decades old in the town, the shop was very busy with the customers in the morning. The crowd, who were present at the shop, were shocked by this sudden incident.

On receiving the information, SI Durga Prasad reached the spot, registered a case and shifted the bodies to the local government hospital for post-mortem.