Ranchi

Man dies after coming in contact with HT wire in festive procession

PNS

On the Occasion of Jashne Eid Miladunnabi, Festival Procession vehicle was came in the touch of 11 thousand volt electric wire at Bridge of Chhawnia Village, due to which 40-year-old Niyamat resident of Chhawaniya village was died on the spot and 8 others were badly injured by burns.The injured were rushed to Hazaribag Sadar Hospital from where after first aid, seeing the seriousness of the situation, doctors referred 4 seriously injured to RIMS Ranchi.

Mohammad Irfan, who was involved in the procession, said that during the procession, the horn tied in the car near Pagar Mor came in contact with 11 thousand electric wires, due to which electric current ran in the entire vehicle, due to which Mohammad Niamat died on the spot.At the same time, Mohammad Karamat Ali son of Mohammad Shahbaz, Mohammad Iftekhar son of Kamaluddin, Mohammad Sarfaraz son of Mohammad Abbas, Mohammad Abdullah son of  Mohammad Sultan, Ravi Kumar son of Sanjay Mahto, Mohammad Hussain son of Shahbaz and Kamarul Hoda son of Matan Miyan and Kameshwar Kumar also Injured by touch.

After this incident, the villagers did not allow the dead body to be raised and remained adamant on the demand of the job.Due to the death of Niamat in the incident, the villagers remained adamant on the demand of job till the evening the body could not be sent for post-mortem.Despite giving written assurances by the officials present on the spot, the villagers remained adamant on their demand.Villager Mohammad Manzoor said that near Pagar Mor of Sirma village, we were demanding to remove the 11 thousand volts swinging electric wire from one year ago.The power cord has come down completely.Even a week before the procession was taken out on the occasion of Eid Miladunnabi, the villagers had requested the local electrician to raise the electric wire, but the problem was not resolved.

In this regard, the Department's Executive Engineer Mahadev Murmu said that 5 lakh will be given to the kin of the deceased and compensation to the injured.The 11 thousand volt power wire will be elevated.BDO Jitendra Kumar Pandey said that the family benefits and social security pension will be given to the kin of the deceased.