In a tragic incident, three children were roasted alive while they were trying to remove a kite from a live electric wire at Rajagopal Nagar under Pamarru mandal of Krishna district on Thursday afternoon.
The victims were identified as Yesuraju, Janbabu and Suresh aged between 10 to 12 years.
It is learnt the children were flying kites and one of the kites got snapped before falling on the live electric wire. The children were electrocuted when they tried to remove the kite using an iron rod. Three children died on the spot.
Suresh was the only son of Veerayya and Tirupatamma. Nallabotula Venkatesham lost both his sons. A pall of gloom descended on the colony after the tragedy. (NSS)