Woman electrocuted in Khammam, villagers stage protest, demand compensation

A woman’s death by electric shock has triggered flash protests by the family members and villagers at Kasna thanda in Khammam rural mandal under Edulapuram Municipality limits in the district on Monday.

The deceased woman Maruthi Muthamma (43) came into contact with 11KV electricity distribution lines while she was drying clothes



on a parapet wall on the terrace of her house and died on the spot.

Angered at the incident, the villagers and the woman’s family members as well leaders of different political parties staged a dharna on Khammam-Mahabubabad road with her body during afternoon hours in the day. High tension prevailed at the thanda due to the protest.