Mangaluru (Karnataka), Oct 13 Two men were electrocuted and a minor boy was injured while fishing in a stream in Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Tuesday.
The deceased were identified as Bharath (28), a resident of Kalmadka in Sullia, and Ramesh alias Ganesh (36), a resident of Guruvayanakere in Belthangady taluk, they said.
The incident occurred at Holakere in Kalmadka village of Sullia taluk on Monday, October 12, police said.
According to police, the two men and the minor boy were fishing in the stream when they allegedly came into contact with an electric current from a nearby plantation owned by Madhusoodan Bhat.
The boy alerted his relatives, following which the three were taken to KVG Hospital. Doctors declared Bharath and Ramesh dead, a senior police officer said.
The injured boy was admitted to the hospital for treatment, he said.
Bellare police have registered a case against Bhat, the plantation owner, for allegedly installing an unauthorised electric connection in the plantation.
The case has been registered under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, which deals with punishment for culpable homicide not amounting to murder, and relevant provisions of the Electricity Act, police said, adding that further investigation was underway.
(PTI News)
