Three die of electrocution

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Press Trust of India Tinsukia (Assam)
Last Updated : Aug 04 2014 | 10:34 PM IST
Three persons, including a woman, died of electrocution when they went for bathing in a river in Assam's Tinsukia district today, said official sources here.
The bodies of the three persons had burn injuries as in electrocution, said sources in the Tinsukia Civil Hospital where they were brought.
Police sources said the cause of the death would be ascertained only after post mortem was done on the bodies.
Local people said that Naso Chetri (55), his wife Neena (48) and their neighbour Amit Shah (12) had gone to Tingrai river in Tinsukia town when they were electrocuted by a high voltage electric wire that had fallen into the river.
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First Published: Aug 04 2014 | 10:34 PM IST

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