Peddapalli: Live wire snaps at agriculture field, farmer couple electrocuted

Karimnagar: A farmer couple Jatarakonda Odelu and his wife Rajitha were electrocuted while working on their agricultural field on the outskirts of Vedurugutta of Choppadandi mandal on Tuesday. According to the police, a resident of Sultanpur, Eliged mandal of Peddapalli district, Odelu owned an agricultural land on the outskirts of Vedurugutta. On Tuesday, he along […]

Karimnagar: A farmer couple Jatarakonda Odelu and his wife Rajitha were electrocuted while working on their agricultural field on the outskirts of Vedurugutta of Choppadandi mandal on Tuesday.

According to the police, a resident of Sultanpur, Eliged mandal of Peddapalli district, Odelu owned an agricultural land on the outskirts of Vedurugutta. On Tuesday, he along with his wife Rajitha went to Vedurugutta to work in the agricultural field. However, an electric wire passing over their agricultural field had snapped and fell in the field. Without knowing this , Odelu was spraying pesticides and came into contact with the live wire. Seeing her husband falling in the field, Rajitha rushed to help him. She also came into contact with the electric wire. Both of them died on the spot.

Villagers, who found the bodies, informed the police, who have registered a case.