Bengaluru’s heaviest spell of rain this year claimed three lives in a single day. Two of the deaths were reported from BTM Layout on Monday evening, where a 12-year-old boy and a 63-year-old man were electrocuted while trying to clear waterlogging in their apartment complex. Earlier, a 35-year-old woman housekeeper died in Whitefield after a compound wall collapsed following heavy rains.
The city witnessed over six hours of heavy rain on the intervening nights of Sunday and Monday. The intense rainfall led to severe waterlogging, inundating several roads, basements and low-lying areas across the city.
The incident occurred at an apartment around 6 PM on Monday. The victims were…