Alima (35) hails from the Periyar Nagar Housing Board area of Chennai. She was separated from her husband Sheikh Abdul and a son and lived alone.
She was working as a housemaid named Sakita Begum at Narayanasamy Street, Puliyanthope. In this situation, at 10 am yesterday, Alima was going through Narayanaswamy Street to do housework.
At that time, the water on the road was muddy and he was walking sideways. The power cable that was buried under the ground came out and lay there. Alima stepped on the wire and died on the spot. People in the area have been complaining for the last 20 days that the wire has come out like this and the power plant staff have not taken any action.
Two electrical workers have been suspended in connection with the incident in which a woman was electrocuted. Assistant Divisional Electrical Engineer Kannan and Bachelor Engineer Venkatraman have been suspended.