A five-year-old girl was electrocuted a damaged electric pole with power supply in the cablest fell on her at Nathamedu village near Gudiyatham town in Vellore on Thursday.
The deceased girl has been identified as K. Navya, daughter of S. Kumaran, 45, a mason, and K. Janaki, 42. The couple have four daughters. Initial inquiry revealed that landowner B. Athiramulu, 70, a resident of Nathamedu village, had roped in a few workers to cut a dry coconut tree in his land. The workers were cutting the tree when chopped portions of the tree fell on the electrical pole.
