Woman dies of electrocution while drawing hot water

A 26-year-old woman died after suffering an electric shock while drawing hot water from a bucket with a steel vessel in Bharat Nagar, Borabanda. Police said the immersion heater was switched on. Electricity officials urged users to disconnect power before handling water.

Hyderabad: A 26-year-old woman died of electrocution while drawing hot water from a bucket with a steel vessel when an immersion water heater was switched on at her residence in Bharat Nagar in Borabanda on Sunday evening.

According to Borabanda police, the woman Ayesha Siddique and her husband, Abdul Rawoof, originally from the Gandhari region of Kamareddy district, had been living in Bharat Nagar. The couple married two years ago and have a one-year-old son.

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The incident occurred when she attempted to take water from the bucket using a steel vessel without switching off the heater. She suffered an electric shock and fell unconscious.

She was immediately shifted to the hospital, where the doctors declared her dead.

Meanwhile, electricity officials have cautioned people against touching the heater or water while the device is switched on and advised them to disconnect the power supply before handling hot water.