One killed as battery of EV scooter explodes in Telangana’s Nizamabad

A man was killed and two others injured when the battery of an electric two-wheeler exploded in their house in Telangana’s Nizamabad district.

According to police, the incident occurred on the night of April 19 in a house where the the battery was being charged.

An 80-year-old man, identified as B. Ramaswamy, died in the incident while his son B. Prakash and daughter Kamalamma suffered burn injuries when they tried to rescue him. They were admitted to a hospital.

The explosion occurred in a room where Ramaswamy was asleep. His son Prakash had been using the EV scooter for one year.

Ramaswamy was taken to a hospital in Nizamabad and later shifted to Hyderabad but he succumbed on the way.