Bengaluru, May 20 -- Three people, including a 12-year-old boy, died in rain-related incidents in Bengaluru as the city was battered by intense pre-monsoon showers that brought 104 mm of rainfall on May 18, well above the forecast.
In one incident, Manmohan Kamath (63) and Dinesh (12), the son of a Nepalese resident, were electrocuted while attempting to pump out water from the flooded basement of an apartment complex in BTM Second Stage, Dollars Colony, NS Palya.
"Manmohan Kamath was connecting a motor to remove the water when the incident occurred," said Sarah Fathima, Deputy Commissioner of Police, South East Bengaluru. Both were declared dead at a nearby hospital. Police confirmed that Unnatural Death Reports (UDRs) have been register...