Archive · 15 Aug 2026
Three sisters electrocuted by faulty cooler in Rajasthan's Baran
Three little sisters lived with their parents on a farm in Fatehpur village in Rajasthan, India.
Their parents worked in the fields to earn money.
One Saturday morning, the girls were alone inside the farm hut.
There was a machine called an air cooler in the hut that had an electrical problem.
Electricity leaked into the cooler, and when the girls touched it, they got a very strong electric shock.
When their family returned, they found the girls not responding and rushed them to the hospital.
The doctors examined them and said the three sisters had passed away.
Police and government officials came to the hospital and started looking into what happened.
They did an examination called a post-mortem and then gave the children back to their family.
The whole village is very sad about this accident, and the government has promised to help the family.
Three sisters — Saloni (7), Avantika and Sandhya — died of electrocution after coming into contact with an electrically charged air cooler in a farm hut in Fatehpur village, Baran district, Rajasthan.
Preliminary information suggests an electrical fault caused a current leak into the cooler; police say the exact sequence of events is still being investigated.
The girls were alone when the incident occurred because their father, farm labourer Madanlal Sahariya, was working in the field and their mother had stepped away for cattle-related chores.
The reports differ on the younger sisters' ages: one lists Avantika as 3 and Sandhya as 1, while the other lists Avantika as 4-5 and Sandhya as 2.
The girls were found unresponsive and taken to hospital, where doctors declared them dead; postmortems were conducted, bodies were handed to the family, and the administration has initiated an inquiry.
- Who
- Three sisters — Saloni (7), Avantika (reported as 3 in one article and 4-5 in another) and Sandhya (reported as 1 or 2) — daughters of farm labourer Madanlal Sahariya, originally from Guna district, Madhya Pradesh.
- What
- The sisters died of electrocution after coming into contact with an air cooler that had become electrically charged inside a farm hut.
- When
- Saturday morning, around 7.30 am; the report carrying the news is datelined August 15.
- Where
- Fatehpur village, Baran district, Rajasthan, India.
- Why
- Preliminary information suggests an electrical fault caused a current leak into the cooler while the girls were alone; the exact circumstances are still under investigation.
- Incident
- Electrocution of three minor sisters
- Victims
- Saloni (7), Avantika (3 or 4-5), Sandhya (1 or 2)
- Location
- Fatehpur village, Baran district, Rajasthan
- Time
- Saturday morning, around 7.30 am (report datelined August 15)
- Suspected cause
- Electrical fault or current leak in an air cooler (under investigation)
- Father
- Madanlal Sahariya, agricultural labourer
- Family origin
- Guna district, Madhya Pradesh
- Investigation
- Inquiry initiated by police and administration; postmortems conducted; government assistance promised
