Jharkhand: In a surprising incident, six workers had been electrocuted to dying while working near high-tension wires in Dhanbad. The workers died after an electrical pole, which they had been erecting, fell on a high-tension overhead wire in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Monday, officers stated.
Baghmara deputy superintendent of police stated that the incident occurred near Nichitpur railway station, round 145 km from the state’s capital Ranchi.
Dhanbad divisional railway supervisor Kamal Kishore Sinha rushed to the spot after the incident. “Six workers died after an electric pole which they were erecting fell on the railway’s high-tension overhead wire. A probe into the incident has been initiated,” the DRM stated.
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