Six labourers electrocuted to death in Jharkhand

May 29, 2023 19:24

Six labourers were electrocuted to death after an electric pole they were erecting fell on a high-tension overhead wire in Jharkhand's Dhanbad district on Monday, railway officials said.

Baghmara deputy superintendent of police Nisha Murmu said that the incident took place near Nichitpur railway station, around 145 km from Ranchi.

All of them were working under a small contractor, who reportedly fled the spot after the incident, an official said.

Dhanbad divisional railway manager Kamal Kishore Sinha rushed to the spot after the incident.

Confirming the death of six workers in the incident, he said, "A probe into the incident has been initiated."

Eyewitnesses claimed that eight people were working at the site without safety gear or switching off the election connection.

The two who survived ran away in panic. Five dead in the incident have been identified. -- PTI

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