Woman, Infant Son From Tamil Nadu Electrocuted

Tirupati: A woman and her one-year-old baby boy were electrocuted when they stepped on a live wire in a water filled pit while waiting in the queue for darshan at the Lord Venkateswara temple at nearby Tirumala on Monday night, police said.

The live wire was connected to a nearby electric pole, and had hit the water in incessant rains since morning.

The two belonged to Tiruvallur in Tamil Nadu, police said.