Bengaluru: A housewife was electrocuted when she tried to plug in a refrigerator at her house in Ramdas Layout under the Rajarajeshwari Nagar police limits on Monday night.

Police have identified the deceased as Mahadevi, 19, a native of Kollegal. She was married to Shiva Nayak, a labourer, 10 months ago. The couple had settled in the City recently.

On Monday at around 11 pm, Mahadevi cleaned the refrigerator and tried to plug it in but was electrocuted. Hearing her screams, the neighbours rushed to the house and found her lying unconscious.

They informed her husband, who was away at work, and also  the police who shifted her to a nearby hospital. But the doctors declared her brought dead, the police said.

The couple had purchased a second-hand refrigerator a couple of days ago, the police said. Preliminary investigations revealed that the house lacked earthing system resulting in the death of Mahadevi.

Police have registered a case and are investigating.