In a tragic incident near Gingee in Villupuram district, two brothers lost their lives due to electrocution after accidentally touching a fallen live wire on 19 September 2025. The victims were identified as K. Ramachandran (36) and K. Chinnarasu (30), both sugarcane harvesters from Konganallur village.
According to police reports, the accident occurred while Ramachandran was heading to a sugarcane field in Perumpugai village, owned by a local farmer named Nagaraj. A team of 19 labourers from Konganallur, including two women, had been working there for over a week.
On the morning of the incident, Ramachandran took a path through an adjacent field when he came into contact with a high-tension wire that had snapped during the heavy rainfall that hit the region the previous night. He suffered a fatal electric shock and collapsed instantly.
His younger brother, Chinnarasu, who was working nearby, rushed to his aid. Unfortunately, he also touched the same live wire and was electrocuted, police said. The other labourers immediately transported both men to the government hospital in Gingee, where they were declared dead on arrival. Their bodies were later shifted to Mundiyambakkam Government Medical College Hospital for postmortem examination.
Ramachandran is survived by his wife and three daughters, while Chinnarasu leaves behind his wife and two daughters. Following the incident, officials from the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB), the local tahsildar, and revenue department personnel visited the location and launched an investigation. The incident has sparked concerns among local residents, who are now urging authorities to take prompt measures to ensure the safety of electrical infrastructure, especially in and around agricultural areas, to avoid such fatal accidents in the future.
(With Inputs From TNIE)
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