A student of a private university died of electrocution and four others sustained serious burn injuries when the tractor in which they were travelling with a Ganesh idol came in contact with an 11 KV electric wire in Naraj area of Cuttack city.
The children were rushed to a private hospital in Bareilly. While two of them are out of danger, the condition of one child is stated to be critical, District Magistrate Shivakant Dwivedi said.
Two kanwariyas were electrocuted here when a DJ installed on the tractor-trolley they were travelling in came in contact with a high-tension wire passing overhead.
Two students were electrocuted while they were putting up flexies in connection with the birthday celebrations of film actor Surya, here on Saturday night.
Bhukya Yakub, a 21-year-old painter who had been eagerly anticipating his wedding, was electrocuted while switching on the motor of the borewell in Mahabubabad district