Boy electrocuted while erecting DMK flagpole
The Hindu
Compensation paid, says Ponmudi
A 13-year-old school student was electrocuted when a DMK flagpole he was erecting with others for a wedding came in contact with a live overhead cable on the Villupuram-Mambalapattu Road. The incident occurred on Friday evening, and the police registered a case on Saturday. Higher Education Minister K. Ponmudi attended the wedding. When contacted, he acknowledged that the boy died while erecting a DMK flagpole. “The organiser has paid his family ₹1.5 lakh in compensation.” Police sources said the body of E. Dinesh, a Class VIII student of the Government High School in Villupuram, was sent to the Government Villupuram Medical College and Hospital for post-mortem examination and then handed over to his family.
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