<p>A 12-year-old boy, employed as a coolie at a construction site in RPC Layout, was electrocuted late on Tuesday evening. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Bheemaraya was rushed to a hospital, but was declared brought dead. His body has been shifted to Victoria Hospital for post mortem. <br /><br />The boy and his father Mallappa were part of a 30-member family of workers, including 10 children, all hailing from Bandalli in Yadgir district. They have been employed for nearly a year as construction workers at the site of ‘New Modern Public School’.<br /><br />The group had taken up temporary residence in a shed in the basement of the building. As the building had no legal Bescom power supply, builders had drawn a line from the roadside electricity pole.<br /><br /> At dusk, Bheemaraya tried to connect the bulb wire to the illegal power line and was electrocuted. <br /></p>
<p>A 12-year-old boy, employed as a coolie at a construction site in RPC Layout, was electrocuted late on Tuesday evening. <br /><br /></p>.<p>Bheemaraya was rushed to a hospital, but was declared brought dead. His body has been shifted to Victoria Hospital for post mortem. <br /><br />The boy and his father Mallappa were part of a 30-member family of workers, including 10 children, all hailing from Bandalli in Yadgir district. They have been employed for nearly a year as construction workers at the site of ‘New Modern Public School’.<br /><br />The group had taken up temporary residence in a shed in the basement of the building. As the building had no legal Bescom power supply, builders had drawn a line from the roadside electricity pole.<br /><br /> At dusk, Bheemaraya tried to connect the bulb wire to the illegal power line and was electrocuted. <br /></p>
