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The deceased are Chaitanya (19) and her father Shivaraj (55).
They were both to the Victoria hospital following the accident which took place when the father and daughter duo were returning home on a bike after booking a convention centre for Chaitanya’s engagement ceremony.
Shivaraj had slowed down the bike to cross a road bump at the time of the blast, the police said.
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Following orders by the Minister for Cooperation and local MLA S.T. Somashekar, Jnanabharthi police have lodged an FIR against the Executive Engineer and other officers of the Bangalore Electricity Supply Company Limited (BESCOM) under criminal negligence.
Earlier in the day, locals had complained about the leakage of oil from the transformer to the BESCOM, but to no avail.