A 45-year-old sanitation woman worker of BMC was electrocuted at Ahata Rustam Khan under Shymala Hills police station area on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim Basanti Bai was clearing the gutters at Aahata Rustam Khan at around 11 am and while working near the gutter she came into contact with the a metal wire which was providing support to an electricity pole and got electrocuted.
The other sanitation workers with the help of locals rushed the victim to a nearby hospital where she died
during treatment. The police have sent the body for the post-mortem and subsequently a case under section 174 of the CrPC was registered. Meanwhile, a 10-year-old girl died when an auto rickshaw in which she was traveling was hit by a speeding car near fish aquarium under Jehangirabad police station area on Tuesday.
According to the police, the victim along with three of her family members was on her way to Jehangirabad when a speeding car hit the auto rickshaw due to which the auto rickshaw turned turtle. The driver managed to pull himself out of the vehicle and tried to rescue other family members.