Unnao (Uttar Pradesh): Four children of the same family died due to electric shock from a fan in Uttar Pradesh's Unnao district on Monday evening, police said.
"Disturbed by this, their father tried to commit suicide on Tuesday morning. He ate a pesticide pill. As soon as he ate the pesticide pill, his condition started to deteriorate. On this, the family immediately admitted him to the hospital and he was provided primary treatment," a senior police official said.
The incident took place inside the Kshetralalman Kheda under the Barsagawar police station area. "An old fan was installed at the house of one Virendra Kumar, a resident of the village. His children were playing near the fan on Monday evening. Then a child touched the fan and was electrocuted. Seeing this, his siblings tried to rescue him. However, they too caught electrocuted to death," the official added.
