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2 get electric burn while climbing roof of train at Haridwar railway station

PNS

In another incident, two Kanwadias suffered electric burn injury when they were trying to climb the roof of a train at Haridwar railway station on Sunday morning. They were referred to the higher medical centre as their condition worsened. The injured have been identified as Satish, aged 25, from loni area of Ghaziabad and Ravi, 20, a resident of district Baghpat of UP. Both were returning to their destination after taking holy water from Haridwar by special Mela train as part of the Kanwad Yatra, police said. The panchak period being over, Kanwad pilgrimage is in full swing in the holy city and as per the police more than 85 lakh pilgrims have visited Haridwar so far. Four have reportedly died in different accidents. On Friday night, a 25 year old Kanwadia was electrocuted to death near Bahadrabad. Another Kanwadia from Haryana was accidently killed in a purported scuffle with an ITBP jawan, although police is not accepting as Kanwadia was reportedly drunk. They are investigating with the Haryana police the background of the victim. “In a drunk condition, he tried to snatch the rifle of the ITBP jawan and in the tussle, the rifle was accidentally discharged and the bullet hit the victim,” said SSP Haridwar Krishna Kumar VK. A body of another Kanwadia was found in a nullah near a petrol pump in Bahadrabad on Haridwar-Delhi NH.