Woman, teen daughter electrocuted in Ghazipur field

Varanasi: A 45-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter died after coming in contact with a live stay wire of an electricity pole while clearing weeds in a field at Bheera Baluwa village in Ghazipur’s Saidpur area on Thursday.The deceased were identified as Seema Devi and her daughter Khushi Yadav.According to Seema’s husband, Rammoorat Yadav, the mother-daughter duo was preparing the field for paddy transplantation when current allegedly flowed into the stay wire (cable used to stabilise electricity poles) of a nearby power pole.He said Seema accidentally came in contact with the wire and got stuck to it. Seeing her mother in distress, Khushi rushed to help but was also electrocuted after touching her.

Both died on the spot.Villagers immediately got the power supply disconnected and rushed the two to the Community Health Centre, where doctors declared them dead.The incident triggered anger among villagers, who alleged that the electricity department had failed to address the fault despite repeated complaints. A large number of residents gathered at the hospital and the accident site, with some briefly opposing the removal of the bodies.SDM, Jyoti Chaurasiya, circle officer, Ramkrishna Tiwari, and Saidpur Kotwal, Anil Kumar Singh, reached the spot and pacified the villagers by assuring appropriate action.