Coimbatore student electrocuted while plugging in mobile phone charger

Coimbatore: A student in Coimbatore was electrocuted while plugging in the charger of a mobile phone.


Coimbatore: A student in Coimbatore was electrocuted while plugging in the charger of a mobile phone.

Jayakumar lives in the Kamarajapuram area on Sanganoor Road, Coimbatore. His son Chandru (16) was studying in eleventh grade and was attending online classes as schools are shut due to COVID-19.

While trying to plug in the charger yesterday, he received a shock and unexpectedly was thrown away and fainted. The parents immediately took him to the government hospital for treatment, but the doctors declared him dead on arrival which shocked the parents who cried in despair. Saravanampatti police have registered a case and are conducting an investigation. The student's body was then sent for an autopsy. The incident in which a student was electrocuted while trying to charge a mobile phone has saddened everyone in the area.

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