Organiser of NGO electrocuted in Mancherial

Naspur police said that the deceased was Pendem Ashok Rao, a dance teacher who was running Sai Blind School for the visually impaired orphans

Mancherial: An activist was electrocuted when he accidentally came into contact with a live wire at a Home for Visually Challenged in Naspur mandal centre on Friday.

Naspur police said that the deceased was Pendem Ashok Rao, a dance teacher who was running Sai Blind School for the visually impaired orphans. Ashok Rao died on the spot when he came into contact with a live wire when he was switching on an electric motor at the home.

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Friends of Ashok Rao and members of many voluntary organisations recalled the services of him for the welfare of visually. Rao had established the institution-cum-home in memory of his son in 2010. He hails from Warangal. He was providing shelter to over 20 students.

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