Four tribals were killed and two others sustained burn injuries in a weekly market at Pansuput in the Chitrakonda cutoff area as a live electric wire snapped over them on Sunday.
According to reports, the deceased were shopping at the weekly market at the time of the incident. Their identity is yet to be ascertained.Meanwhile, a special medical team along with administrative officials rushed to the spot.
Following the incident, hundreds of tribals gathered at the spot and started agitation, alleging that the electric wire was hanging low and not changed for a long time. Sources said, it would be a Herculean task for the police to send those bodies for postmortem.