Latest News | One Killed, Six Injured in Electrocution
Get latest articles and stories on Latest News at LatestLY. A 22-year-old man was electrocuted and six others sustained injures while unfurling a flag during the celebration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's birth anniversary at Siddipet district in Telangana on Wednesday, police said.
Hyderabad, Feb 19 (PTI) A 22-year-old man was electrocuted and six others sustained injures while unfurling a flag during the celebration of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj's birth anniversary at Siddipet district in Telangana on Wednesday, police said.
A group of people were about to unfurl the flag tied to an iron pipe at Wargal mandal. They accidentally came into contact with a live electric wire, a police official said.
They were shifted to a hospital where doctors declared one of them dead. The condition of six others is stated to be stable, police said.
A case was registered.
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