Bengaluru:A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old daughter were electrocuted while walking on the footpath near the Hope Farm junction in White Field in Bengaluru on Sunday. Her husband was injured while trying to save them. Citizens have demanded action against Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) for leaving the dangling wires on the roads.
The incident took place at around 6 am when the woman, who was carrying her daughter and her husband were returning home after spending Diwali in Chennai. The family was walking on the footpath when the woman stepped on a wire that was lying on the road and was electrocuted along with her daughter. The deceased have been identified as Soundharya (23) and her daughter Suviksha.
Seeing Soundharya and daughter struggling on the floor, her husband rushed forward to save them and sustained injuries in his hand. Soundharya's husband who hails from Tamil Nadu, works at a private firm in Neyveli.
The passersby saw the incident and informed the Kadugodi police. A case has been registered in Kadugodi police station and investigations are underway. Police said that Soundharya had stepped onto an electric wire assuming it to be fibre-optic cable since such cables are scattered on many areas of the city. The couple and their daughter, residents of AK Gopalan Colony, had gone to Chennai during Diwali and were returning to Bengaluru today, police said.