Daijiworld Media Network - Jaipur
Jaipur, Aug 15: Three sisters, including a one-year-old girl, died after allegedly suffering an electric shock from a cooler at their home in Rajasthan's Baran district on Saturday, police said.
The incident occurred when the girls' parents, who work as farm labourers, had gone to work in the fields, leaving the children at home.
The deceased were identified as seven-year-old Saloni, three-year-old Avantika and one-year-old Sandhya.
According to preliminary information, the girls came into contact with an electrically charged cooler at the house where the family was staying. Police suspect that an electrical fault in the appliance may have caused the accident.
Sadar police station officer Naval Kishore Meena said the girls' father, Madanlal Sahariya, is a resident of Karnavta village under Sirsi police station in Madhya Pradesh's Guna district. He works as a farm labourer for a farmer in Fatehpur and had been living on the farm with his family.
The exact sequence of events is still being investigated, police said.
When the family members returned from work, they found the three girls unresponsive. Local residents rushed to the spot after learning about the incident and helped take the children to a hospital.
Police and administrative officials reached the hospital after being informed. Doctors examined the girls and declared all three dead.
The deaths have left the family devastated and triggered grief in the village.
Baran Sub-Divisional Officer Ramavatar Meena said the administration reached the hospital after receiving information about the deaths. Postmortems were conducted on all three bodies before they were handed over to the family.
Arrangements are being made to transport the bodies to their native village.
The administration has initiated an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the electrocution, while police are investigating how the electrical fault occurred and the exact sequence of events that led to the deaths.
The Sub-Divisional Officer said the government would provide all possible assistance to the affected family as per applicable rules.