Three Sisters, Including One-Year-Old, Die of Electrocution From Faulty Cooler in Rajasthan’s Baran

August 15, 2026

Jaipur: Three sisters, including a one-year-old girl, died after allegedly suffering an electric shock from a faulty cooler at their home in Rajasthan’s Baran district on Saturday, police said.

The incident occurred when the girls’ parents had gone to work as farm labourers, leaving the three children at home.

The deceased have been identified as seven-year-old Saloni, three-year-old Avantika and one-year-old Sandhya.

Girls Found Unresponsive After Family Returned

According to preliminary information, the girls came into contact with an electrically charged cooler at the house where the family was living.

Sadar police station officer Naval Kishore Meena said the girls’ father, Madanlal Sahariya, is a resident of Karnavta village under Sirsi police station in Madhya Pradesh’s Guna district. He works as a farm labourer for a farmer in Fatehpur and was living on the farm with his family.

When the family members returned from work, they found the three girls unresponsive. Local residents rushed to the spot and helped take the children to a hospital.

Doctors examined the girls and declared all three dead.

Police said the exact sequence of events is still being investigated. Preliminary information suggests that an electrical fault in the cooler may have caused the incident.

Inquiry Ordered Into Electrocution

Police and administrative officials reached the hospital after receiving information about the deaths.

Baran Sub-Divisional Officer Ramavatar Meena said the administration reached the hospital and arrangements were made after the incident was reported.

Postmortems of all three bodies were conducted before they were handed over to the family. Arrangements are being made to transport the bodies to their native village.

The administration has initiated an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the electrocution. Police are also investigating how the electrical fault occurred and the exact sequence of events that led to the deaths.

The Sub-Divisional Officer said the government would provide all possible assistance to the affected family as per applicable rules.

The deaths of the three young sisters have left their family devastated and triggered grief in the area.