Woman carrying baby steps on live wire on Bengaluru street; both electrocuted
A 23-year-old woman and her nine-month-old baby girl died after the mother stepped on a live wire lying unattended on a footpath in Bengaluru's Whitefield, police said. Passersby informed police, who registered a case. The Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (Bescom) has suspended five of its officials for negligence and issued show-cause notices to two senior officers in this connection.