Kanyakumari: Two thieves were derocated during their efforts to steal the wire living from an electric post in the city of Nagercil Tamil Nadu on Monday night, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Don Bosco, 20, Kottar in Nagercoil and John Christopher, 33, from karungal.
This duo sneaks into an old house left behind near the Nagercoil Corporation office.
After stealing the cable from the house, the duo tried to steal the old wire stay connected to the electric post.
They were found dead close to the electric post on Tuesday morning.
When checking the crime scene, the police learned that the duo had tried to cut the wire to use the cutting plier and that the wire just touched the wire living on the post when they shook the wire would land in their hands.
The police asked for help from Tangedco to turn off the power supply and take their bodies.
Kanyakumari District Police Inspector (SP) V Badri Narayanan said the scientific officer police had examined the crime scene.
Police Vadassery enrolled the case below part 174 of the criminal procedure code.
Don Bosco has four small cases against him in and around Nagercil Town.
Christopher faces a murder case.
“In 2019, he killed a friend with a drunk fight.
The court of the case was blocked for a long time when he escaped,” said Inspector Vadassery a Thirteurgan.
The Christopher family did not show interest in receiving his body after postmortem at the Medical College Kankumari hospital when they were not happy with the way of life, according to the police.