A 66-year-old woman died of electrocution in the southern outskirts of Kolkata on Saturday, taking the total number of such deaths in and around the city to 11 since Tuesday.

The deceased woman has been identified as Srabanti Debi (66), and was electrocuted in front of a shop owned by her at Behala-Sarsuna Road in the Southern outskirts of Kolkata.

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With this, the total number of electrocution deaths in and around Kolkata since last Tuesday rose to 11.

Unconfirmed sources said, in sonarpur, an organiser of a Puja committee of Subhasgram reportedly, electrocuted at the pandal. The deceased had been identified as Biswajit Saha, an organiser of the Kodalia Shanti Sangha Club.

According to eyewitnesses, she was unable to open her shop since Tuesday because of massive waterlog

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