'Electrocuted teens hid struggles from kin to support family'

"My brother used to keep a very small amount as pocket money. He would use most of his earnings to buy medicines for our mother," said Ram Kumar, brother of Bharat, one of the two teenagers who died of electrocution in southwest Delhi's RK Puram.

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Bharat (16) and Arvind (17), both roadside eatery workers, died early Sunday after electric wires damaged by rain and thunderstorms fell on a footpath outside their eatery where they were sleeping.

Both had travelled to Delhi from Madhubani in Bihar in search of a better life.

The families of Bharat and Arvind believed the boys were working at a hotel and had a proper place to stay.

Ram, brother of Bharat, told the media they had no idea his brother was facing such hardships and sleeping on the roadside.