Hyderabad, March 15 -- In a heart-wrenching incident, a 12-year-old boy lost his life to an electric shock while attempting to save his father from a similar fate in Jangaon, Telangana. The tragic event unfolded in the Vikasnagar area, where the family was constructing a new home.

Sandel Venkateshwarlu, a conductor with the TGSRTC depot in Janagam, was watering the walls of his new house on Friday, March 14.

His second son, Kanishk Vardhan, accompanied him as it was a holiday due to the Holi festival. Unbeknownst to Venkateshwarlu, a live wire had snapped nearby. As he began watering the walls, he received an electric shock.

Kanishk, who was present at the scene, quickly came to his father's rescue. Using a stick, he managed to push hi...