Mangaluru: In a tragic incident near Rosario Chuch, two auto drivers died due to electric shock.
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The deceased are Raju(50) hailing from Hassan and Devraj(46) from Puttur. Both were working as auto driver in city and lived in a rented room near Rosario Church.
Yesterday night around 9pm when it was raining heavily, a wire fell down from a nearby electric pole.
Raju comes out of his room and gets electrocuted by touching a wire. Hearing him, Devraj immediately jumped out of the cane and tried to save him with a gunny bag. Due to the rain, he too get electrocuted. Both died on the spot.
However due to heavy rains. it seems nobody came to know about incident