Hyderabad, June 17 -- The Telangana Human Rights commission on Tuesday, June 17, took suo moto cognizance of deaths due to electrocution in the state recently.

According to reports four people died in separate incidents of electrocution after coming in contact with electric cables. The incident occurred on June 15 when Alwala Vinod, 32, and eight others were moving a Ganesh idol from manufacturing center in Korutla, Jagtial to another place.

As the freshly made idol was wet, it caught fire after coming in contact with a 33 kilowatt wire. All the workers were electrocuted and fell to the ground. Passersby removed the wires using sticks and shifted the workers to a hospital.

While Vinod and V Saikumar, 28 died on the way to the hospital,...