<p>A 15-year-old boy reportedly died due to electrocution while swimming in a well in the Chembur area of Mumbai, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-crime-news/article/mumbai-police-busts-butter-and-ghee-adulteration-racket-in-city-seizes-materials-worth-rs-1-2-lakh-23354248" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>police</strong></a> officials said on Saturday, the ANI reported.</p>
<p>The incident took place in the Mahul village of Chembur.</p>
<p>According to the Mumbai Police, the boy was electrocuted due to an illegally installed motor in the well by a nearby hotel to draw out water. This unlawful setup led to the accident, resulting in the death of the young boy, as per the ANI.</p>
<p>A case of culpable homicide has been registered against the owners of the hotel who were identified as Anant Mahulkar, Dayaram Mahulkar, and Hariram Mahulkar.</p>
<p>According to police sources, all three individuals have been arrested and are currently in police custody until June 18.</p>
<p>Further details on the incident are awaited as the investigation continues, the news agency reported on Saturday.</p>
<p><strong>Thane woman dies of electrocution while fetching water from tank</strong></p>
<p>Meanwhile, in an another incident, last month,&nbsp;a 41-year-old Thane woman had died of electrocution while drawing water from a tank in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/search/thane-articles" target="_blank" rel="none noopener"><strong>Maharashtra's Thane district</strong></a>, police said, PTI had earlier reported.</p>
<p>The incident took place at Sabe village in Diva area.</p>
<p>The woman was drawing water from a storage tank of a chawl (row tenements) where she resided and received a severe electric shock and collapsed, an official from Mumbra police station had earlier said, according to the PTI.</p>
<p>Some persons rushed her to a civic hospital in Kalwa where doctors declared her dead, he had said.</p>
<p>The body was sent to a government hospital for postmortem, the police said, adding that a case of accidental death has been registered as of now, the news agency had last month reported.</p>
<p>When contacted, a spokesperson of a private company supplying power to the area claimed there was possibly a fault in the water pump connection that the woman was using, as per the PTI.</p>
<p>Due to scarcity of water, many people have been using pumps to fetch water and they do not follow the safety regulations, the official had earlier said.</p>
<p>(with ANI and PTI inputs)</p><p>
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