India, May 20 -- After Monday's relentless rainfall in Bengaluru, two residents lost their lives due to electrocution while attempting to manage waterlogging at a residential complex.

According to a report by Deccan Herald, the victims have been identified as 63-year-old Manmohan Kamath, a resident of Madhuvan Apartments in NS Palya, BTM Layout 2nd Stage, and 12-year-old Dinesh, the son of a Nepalese worker employed at the same complex.

According to police officials, Kamath was attempting to drain rainwater that had accumulated in the apartment's basement around 6.15 pm, the report added. He reportedly brought in a motor pump and connected it to a power socket. While trying to operate the equipment, a suspected short circuit occurred, r...