Four Youths Electrocuted as Live Power Line Falls on Ganesh Pandal in MP's Mandla
Strong winds and rain may have caused the wire to snap, and three injured youths were taken to hospital as police investigate.
- Early Saturday morning, a live power line snapped and fell onto a Ganesh pandal in Hirapur, Mandla, Madhya Pradesh, killing Four youths and injuring Three others.
- Preliminary information from Police suggests strong winds and rain caused a wire near a meter box to snap, sending electric current through the damp pandal structure.
- Around seven to eight youths were sleeping inside the temporary pandal after returning from a Ganesh idol immersion procession when the wire fell.
- The deceased were identified as Jainu Bhanwre, Ravi Jhariya, Krishna Kumar Bhanwre, and Virendra Bhanwre. One injured youth, Priyanshu, was referred to Mandla District Hospital for Further treatment.
- Police, district administration officials, and state electricity board teams reached the spot following the incident. An investigation is underway under Nainpur police station jurisdiction to determine the sequence of events.
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4 killed, 2 critical after electrocution at Ganesh pandal in Madhya Pradesh
Four people died and two others were injured after current spread through a Ganesh pandal in Mandla district. Police have begun probing whether a short circuit or broken wire caused the electrocution.
Four people were killed and two others injured when a Ganesha pandal in Hirapur village, Mandla, was electrocuted. The incident occurred after Ganesh immersion, when some people were sleeping on the pandal platform.
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