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Man dies plugging charger, parents injured

Fatehpur, Oct 7 (UNI) A 32-year-old man died from electrocution while attempting to plug in a mobile phone charger. In a tragic sequence of events, his parents also received severe electric shock while trying to save him.
Reports said the incident took place in Rahimapur Majra Michki village under Thariyaon police station area, early this morning when Dharmendra Yadav, the younger son of 60-year-old farmer Basudev Yadav, was plugging in his mobile phone charger. Due to a damaged wire, Dharmendra came into direct contact with electricity and began screaming in shock.
Hearing his cries, his mother Ramshree, who was doing household chores nearby, rushed to help. As soon as she touched her son, she too was electrocuted. Within moments, Basudev Yadav arrived at the scene and also became a victim of the electric current while trying to intervene.
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