TIRUCHY: Father-son duo electrocuted after the high-tension power line snapped and fell on them while they were working in their paddy field in Tiruvarur on Monday.

It is said that Raja (54), a resident of Thirunellikaval Puthur village in Tiruvarur, was sowing paddy seeds in his field while his son Adityan (24) was tilling the land with the support of a tractor. Suddenly, the high-tension power line that was passing over the land snapped and fell onto the tractor, and Aditya was struggling for his life. Soon, his father, Raja, ran to rescue him, and he too was electrocuted. The tractor was reduced to ashes in the impact of the electrocution.

The public who witnessed the incident passed on the information to the Tiruvarur Taluk police, who rushed to the spot after suspending the power line, retrieved the bodies and sent them to Tiruvarur Medical College Hospital.

The information about the death spread among the farmers and residents. Subsequently, the leaders from farmers’ associations visited the family members of Raja at the medical college and consoled them.

The farmer leaders, along with the CPM functionaries, met the Collector V Mohanachandran and appealed for compensation of Rs 25 lakh each and a government job for the family members of the deceased. The Nagapattinam MP V Selvaraj also accompanied the members.