Four dead after being electrocuted at Jharkhand’s Muharram procession after religious flags hit overhead cables
FOUR people have been electrocuted to death after their religious flag hit overhead cables during a procession.
Another 10 people were also injured during the Muharram procession in Jharkhand’s Bokaro district, India.
The group’s religious flag, made of iron, came in contact with a live wire, police confirmed.
“The incident occurred around 6 am on Saturday while they were preparing for a Muharram procession.
They were carrying a religious flag and its pole was made of iron. It somehow came in contact with a high-tension electric wire of 11,000 volts,” the Superintendent of Police told Press Trust of India.
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