The nine persons who were electrocuted to death in Kolkata and its suburbs on Tuesday after overnight torrential rain were going about their routine work. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO

While five of them were electrocuted in waterlogged streets, one each died in a hotel, a house and a workshop where floodwater had entered.

It started at 4:30 am when Pawan Gharami (34), a security guard at Hotel Niharika in Minto Park, was electrocuted while trying to switch on a generator installed in the premises that got waterlogged. He was rushed to the SSKM Hospital but was declared brought dead.

Barely 45 minutes later, at 5:15 am, Jitendra Singh (60) was electrocuted at his home on Hossain Shah Road. He too was pronounced dead at SSKM Hospital.

At 7:15 am, Firoz Ali Khan (50) was found float

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