Excelsior Correspondent
KATHUA, Aug 6: In a tragic incident, a Professor and his son were electrocuted today while his daughter was critically injured after they came into contact with live wire at Ward No 16, Shiva Nagar here, this morning.
N K Gupta (52), Dean Faculty of Social Sciences in the Cluster University of Jammu, was clearing rain water from the roof of his house at Shiva Nagar this morning when he received an electric shock and fell down.
His son Jattin (30) and daughter Preeti (22) rushed to his rescue, but they too fell down due to the shock, police said.
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Gupta’s wife later cut off the power supply to the house. She rushed the trio to the District Hospital Kathua with the help of neighbours.
The Professor and his son were declared brought dead at the Hospital, while Preeti has been referred to Government Medical College (GMC) Jammu for specialised treatment, police said.
According to police, overnight rains had caused blockage in the water outlet from the roof of the house, leading to short circuit in an air conditioning compressor unit kept there.
The news spread like fire in the town and relatives and friends of the family rushed to the house in panic. As the family has a good repute in the town, the shopkeepers put down the shutter of their business establishments. The Government Degree College and Women College Kathua also condoled the demise of Dean, Naresh Gupta and classes remained off.
Naresh Gupta has served in Kathua College, Bani College and Hiranagar College prior to his present assignment as Dean.
The students and staff of these colleges condoled the demise and observed two minutes silence for the peace of departed souls.
The dead bodies were handed over to family after post mortem at D H Kathua for last rites. Kathua Police has registered a case under relevant Sections of the law.
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