KARACHI: Six people, including two women and a minor, were electrocuted and more than two dozen people were injured in different parts of the city as heavy downpour lashed the metropolis Saturday afternoon, paralysing the communication and power supply network as more than 100 feeders of Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) tripped off the system.

Hospital sources and volunteers of Edhi and Cheepa ambulance services said that three unidentified persons, including a child and a woman, died on the spot when live wire fell on them in Choona Bhatti area of old city.

Two young men, Arif and Naveed, were electrocuted in Haroonabad SITE Town while one woman Anisa, 40, died of electrocution in Kharadar area of old city.

At least 26 motorbike riders received minor injuries as they slipped off their bikes in different parts of the city, mostly on Sharah-i-Faisal, Shahrah-i-Pakistan and University Road.

An official of Met Office said that its Landhi observatory recorded 52 millimetres of rains during one hour spell, while Faisal Base received 31 millimetres, Nazimabad 25 millimetres and Airport 18 millimetres. More rain is expected in next 24 hours, he added.

A spokesman for the KESC said that more than 100 power feeders were tripped off and its engineers and workers were busy in restoring power in different parts of the city.

Heavy rains also caused severe traffic jams on almost every main road and street as vehicles move with a snail pace.