MBBS student electrocuted to death at private resort in Wayanad

Meppadi: In a tragic incident, a 21-year-old MBBS student from Tamil Nadu lost his life after he was electrocuted at a private resort in Wayanad on Sunday night. 

The deceased, a student at the Aarupadai Veedu Medical College in Puducherry went on a tour to Wayanad when the tragic incident occurred. He was coming out of the swimming pool at the resort when he got electrocuted from a faulty grill lamp beside the pool. 

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Native of Dindigul, the student stayed at a private resort in Kunnambetta with his 11 other friends on a leisure trip. After arriving at the destination on Sunday, the student decided to go for a swim at the resort's swimming pool in the night at around 7.30 pm.

However, the tragedy occurred when he went out of the pool and got electrocuted, reports Mathrubhumi.  

Following this, the police were informed who rushed to the spot, performed a preliminary investigation and preserved the student's body at the morgue in Dr Moopen’s Medical College. Afterwards, the police sent his body to the Taluk Hospital in Sulthan Bathery for a postmortem on Monday.

A case of unnatural death has been registered and an investigation is underway. 

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