Moinabad: Two engineering students died of electrocution on Friday night after they ran from a police patrol vehicle. Electric wires installed around a field to protect the crop from pigs and wild boars electrocuted them. The incident has created a stir in the Moinabad Municipality limits of Rangareddy district.
According to police, eight students of KG Reddy Engineering College went to an open area behind Padmavati Function Hall to drink alcohol. The college falls under Chilukuru village revenue limits in Moinabad Municipality. The spot lies under Peddamangalaram revenue limits. A police patrol vehicle came by while the students were drinking, and they ran away in fear.
Police reached the spot soon after receiving the information and inspected the situation. They collected the details of the deceased. The victims are Moksha Sai Charan (20) of Attapur and Yashwanth (20) of Balkampet. Police shifted the bodies to the Osmania Hospital mortuary in Hyderabad for postmortem.
Case may follow against farmer
Police have launched an investigation into whether the wires installed around the crop field caused the deaths of the two students. It is reported that police may register a case against the farmer who installed the wires.