NEW DELHI: 9 kanwariyas had been electrocuted to demise and a number of other others had been injured when their automobile got here in touch with a high-voltage overhead wire in Sultanpur village of Bihar‘s Vaishali.
“9 pilgrims (Kanwariyas) died and three sustained extreme accidents when a excessive rigidity overhead wire fell on their automobile in Sultanpur village below the jurisdiction of Industrial police station in Vaishali district.The incident came about within the intervening evening of Sunday and Monday when the Kanwariyas had been going to Baba Harihar Nath Temple in Sonepur to carry out Jalabhishekh,” stated Rambabu Baitha, Sub-divisional Officer of Hajipur-Sadar.
In response to the police, eight devotees died on the spot, whereas one succumbed to accidents throughout remedy on the hospital.
“The Kanwariyas had been happening a DJ-mounted trolley. The DJ-mounted trolley was very excessive and there was a wire through which it obtained entangled. DJ trolley got here in touch with 11000 excessive rigidity wire attributable to which some devotees died, whereas some others had been injured and are present process remedy,” siad Om Prakash, Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Hajipur.
The victims had been on their option to Pahelaja Ghat in Saran to carry out a ritual at Sonpur Baba Haiharnath. The authorities are conducting additional investigations into the incident.
Earlier, in a separate incident on July 29, two Kanwariyas misplaced their lives, and roughly 5 others had been injured when a container collided with the tractor-trolley they had been touring in, in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh.
The accident came about close to Deori village on Nationwide Freeway 44, inside the jurisdiction of the Civil Strains police station.
“9 pilgrims (Kanwariyas) died and three sustained extreme accidents when a excessive rigidity overhead wire fell on their automobile in Sultanpur village below the jurisdiction of Industrial police station in Vaishali district.The incident came about within the intervening evening of Sunday and Monday when the Kanwariyas had been going to Baba Harihar Nath Temple in Sonepur to carry out Jalabhishekh,” stated Rambabu Baitha, Sub-divisional Officer of Hajipur-Sadar.
In response to the police, eight devotees died on the spot, whereas one succumbed to accidents throughout remedy on the hospital.
“The Kanwariyas had been happening a DJ-mounted trolley. The DJ-mounted trolley was very excessive and there was a wire through which it obtained entangled. DJ trolley got here in touch with 11000 excessive rigidity wire attributable to which some devotees died, whereas some others had been injured and are present process remedy,” siad Om Prakash, Sub-divisional Police Officer (SDPO), Hajipur.
The victims had been on their option to Pahelaja Ghat in Saran to carry out a ritual at Sonpur Baba Haiharnath. The authorities are conducting additional investigations into the incident.
Earlier, in a separate incident on July 29, two Kanwariyas misplaced their lives, and roughly 5 others had been injured when a container collided with the tractor-trolley they had been touring in, in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh.
The accident came about close to Deori village on Nationwide Freeway 44, inside the jurisdiction of the Civil Strains police station.
