4 Dead, 10 Injured so far...
On Saturday, 29 July 2023, People came in contact with a high-tension wire while preparing for a Muharram procession in Jharkhand's Bokaro district. Four people were killed and 10 got injured, police said.
This painful incident occurred at Khetko village under the Petarwar Police Station. It is around 80 km from Ranchi.
Their religious flag was made of iron. As it came in contact with a live wire, people got injured. Bokaro Superintendent of Police Priyadarshi Alok said.
"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. The iron pole caught fire.
It somehow came in contact with a high-tension electric wire of 11,000 volts," the Superintendent of Police told news agency Press Trust of India.
All the injured people were immediately taken to a nearby hospital, he said.
Eight of them were referred to the Bokaro General Hospital where four succumbed to their injuries and the condition of three were declared to be very critical, the officer added.
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