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- A 35-year-old agricultural worker, K.
- Rudhramurthy, died and nine others were injured in Arumbakkam village in Ranipet when steel poles they were erecting for a temple festival tent touched a live overhead power line.
- He was taken to a government health centre in Kalavai, where doctors declared him brought dead.
- Rudhramurthy was a resident of Arumbakkam village and is survived by his wife and three children.
- Kalavai police have registered a case and an investigation is under way.
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- Findings of the Kalavai police probe into the incident
- Condition and recovery of the nine injured persons
- Any action regarding the overhead power line safety
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