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Boy, farmer electrocuted in separate incidents near Chidambaram
The New Indian Express Vellore
|August 03, 2025
TWO persons, including a 17-year-old, were electrocuted to death in separate incidents on Saturday near Chidambaram in Cuddalore.
Police sources said, K Vinoth (17) of Koothankoil near Chidambaram was a first-year student at Government Arts College in C Mutlur. On Saturday morning, he visited Ammampettai with friends, and while attempting to retrieve a key he had dropped, he held onto an iron pipe by the roadside for support. Police said the pipe had an electric leakage, and he got electrocute
This story is from the August 03, 2025 edition of The New Indian Express Vellore.
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