A man succumbed to burns and suffocation while his wife and children were battling for life allegedly due to the explosion of the battery of his electric scooter bought a day ago, in Gulabi Thota of Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh.
According to the Suryarao Pet police, the victim Kotakonda Siva Kumar (40) died while being rushed to hospital on Saturday morning. His wife Harathi (30) and two children Bindu Sri (10) and Sasi (6) suffered severe suffocation due to inhalation of smoke.
Suryarao Pet circle inspector V. Janaki Ramaiah told The Hindu that Siva Kumar, a DTP operator, bought an electric scooter on Friday and reportedly plugged it in for charging in a room of his home in the night.
