Fourteen children collaborating in ‘Shiv Barat’ on the event of Mahashivratri right here sustained burn injuries on Friday late morning after getting electrocuted.
Fourteen children collaborating in ‘Shiv Barat’ on the event of Mahashivratri right here sustained burn injuries on Friday late morning after getting electrocuted.
The children, aged 10-16 years, have been electrocuted from a high-tension energy line passing overhead in the Sakatoura space underneath the Kunhari police station. Two of the children sustained 100 and 50 per cent burn injuries, respectively, whereas the remainder 12 sustained lower than 50 per cent injuries, a senior police official stated.
All the injured have been rushed to the MBS hospital in Kota.
The mishap occurred round 11.30 am-12 pm on Friday when a procession of ‘Shiv Barat’ was marching by means of Kalibasti, the place one of many boys in the procession, holding a flag atop a 22-foot-high iron rod touched the high-tension line passing overhead, Kota metropolis SP (*14*) Duhan instructed PTI.
The boy holding the flag sustained 100 per cent burn damage. The different boys who tried to rescue him additionally sustained burn injuries, she stated including that one of many boys sustained 50 per cent burn damage whereas the remainder 12 boys sustained lower than 50 per cent injuries, she added.
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