3 electrocuted to death while digging borewell in Rajasthan's Bhilwara

The trio was digging the borewell in a field when a live electrical wire of a motor fell into the borewell leading to their death on the spot due to electric shock.

Bhilwara: Three men including two brothers were electrocuted to death while digging a borewell in Rajasthan's Bhilwara district on Wednesday, police said. The deceased have been identified as Shivlal (35) son of Ghisu Lal Gurjar, a resident of Ganglas, and Suresh, son of Dhanna Gurjar and Sonu, son of Dhanna Gurjar, both residents of Jodhdas, Police Station Rayala in-charge Sunil Chowdhary said.

He said that the incident happened at around 4 pm on Wednesday when a live electrical wire of a motor fell into the borewell while the trio was working inside it leading to their death on the spot. It is said the trio was digging the borewell in the field of one Dhanna Gurjar in village Jodhadas of Gram Panchayat Eras of Asind Panchayat Samiti.

Soon after the incident, locals rushed to the spot and made desperate attempts to retrieve the bodies from the 80 ft deep well but to no avail. In the meantime, local civil and police officials including Police Station in-charge Sunil Chaudhary, Asind Tehsildar Bhanwar Lal Sen, Naib Tehsildar Mohit Pancholi and Patwari Mukesh Choradia besides an SDRF team also rushed to the spot.

At 12 o'clock in the night, the SDRF team retrieved the bodies after about three hours of hectic efforts. The bodies were later sent for post-mortem. Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on the villages of the three deceased men.