KATHUA, Aug 06: In a shocking tragedy, Professor NK Gupta and his 30 years old son were electrocuted today when they came into contact with wire in Kathua Town.
His daughter was also critically injured.
N K Gupta , who is Dean faculty of social sciences in the Cluster University of Jammu, was clearing rain water from the roof of his house at Shiva Nagar when he received an electric shock , then his son Jatin and daughter Preeti tried to rescue him but they got traped by current.
Later Professor 's wife cut off the power supply and shifted them to Kathua Hospital, where professor and his son were declared brought dead and daughet has been has been referred to Government Medical College.
As per locals in Kathua, overnight rains had caused blockage in the water outlet from the roof of the house, leading to short circuit in an air conditioning compressor unit kept there.
One Rakesh Gupta of Kathua while speaking to Cross Town News decribed Professor as down to Earth Man.
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