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TRICHY: A construction worker and his younger brother were electrocuted near Kilvelur in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu on Tuesday. While the man's death was an accident caused by a faulty wire, the other one could have been avoided. The younger brother was electrocuted while he was explaining to police his sibling’s electrocution , by way of a demo holding the same faulty wire.

Police identified as the deceased as Ganesan, 38, of Perumal North Street in Kilvelur and his brother Raju, 35. Raju was also a construction worker.

The first electrocution happened around 7am when Ganesan attempted to draw power from a switchboard to watch television. Ganesan received an electric shock while he was trying to plug the TV set’s wire and collapsed.

Hearing his scream, Raju, who lived in a house besides his brother’s, rushed there. He found that his brother was lying on the floor breathless.

Ganesan was rushed to Government Hospital in Kilvelur. However, he died on the way to hospital. Doctors in the hospital declared him brought dead.

Raju returned to the village with his brother’s body and informed the Kilvelur police.

The police visited the house and conducted an inquiry. They asked Raju how the incident had happened. When Raju tried to explain by holding the wire, he too was electrocuted, before the police could do anything to save him.

