4 of a family die from electric shock in Chhattisgarh village

In a tragic incident, four members of a family, including three women, were electrocuted to death today in a village in Chhattisgarh's Balod district, police said.
All four died from electric shock after they came in contact with an earthing wire this morning in Sorar village under Gurur police station limits, a local police official told PTI.
The deceased were identified as Satyanarayan Patel (43), his mother Rajbati (60), wife Damini (35) and his younger brother's wife Chitralekha (21), he said.
The earthing wire, which was wet due to rain, had current flowing through it and prima facie it seems one of the women victims was putting clothes for drying on it when she got electric shock.

Other members got electrocuted when they tried to save her, the official said.
A case has been registered in this connection, he said, adding a probe was on.
Meanwhile, Chief Minister Raman Singh condoled the deaths and expressed sympathy for their family.