Four die across UP during Muharram processions; several wounded
In Gonda, a 12-year-old child was electrocuted to death and five others sustained injuries of current in separate processions.
LUCKNOW: Four people died and 26 injured in separate incidents while tazia processions were being taken out on Muharram on Wednesday in Gonda, Pratapgarh, Ballia, Sant Kabir Nagar, and Kannauj districts, police said.
In Gonda, a 12-year-old child was electrocuted to death and five others sustained injuries of current in separate processions.
Ashraf, 12, died in the Tarabganj area of Gonda when a fixture of the tazia came in contact with a high-tension wire.
Another named Riyasat sustained burns in the same incident.
Both were rushed to a medical college, where Ashraf was declared dead while Riyasat’s condition was stated to be stable.
In another incident in Telianpurwa village of the Itiathok area, four people were electrocuted when a tazia touched an overhead power cable.
Babu, Akram, Gaya Prasad, and Munni Devi were rushed to a hospital where they are undergoing treatment.
In Pratapgarh, 25-year-old Mohd Wasif died when a tazia touched the high-tension wire at Babuganj Railway Gate, police said.
Electrocution killed one and injured three in Bhatpur village in the Khalilabad Police Station area.
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