Man and grandmother electrocuted in Sabah

The remains of the man and grandmother after being electrocuted in the drain in Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: A man and his 70-year-old grandmother died holding hands after they were electrocuted in Sabah’s western Kota Belud district.

The 25-year-old man, Awang Mohd Rajib Abd Nazim, was said to have gone to his grandmother’s aid when she fell into a wire-laden drain and was also electrocuted as he held her hand at about 10.30am Thursday.