A woman who was cleaning the floor of her house was electrocuted after she came in contact with the refrigerator in Gouranganagar on the fringes of New Town on Monday, police said.
Family members of Shukla Das, 51, had to turn off the main switch of the house before taking her to Salt Lake Sub-divisional Hospital, an officer of the Bidhannagar commissionerate said. Das was declared dead at the hospital.
Rina Das, one of Shukla’s relatives who had turned off the main switch before dragging her away from the refrigerator, said that she was alerted by her scream.
