4 die of electrocution in Jharkhand

The minor boys, who died of electrocution, were aged between eight and 12 years.

Four persons - a 70-year-old woman and three minor boys - died of electrocution at Pipla in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district, after a high tension electric wire snapped and fell on them while they were taking bath near a dam, an official said.

All four of them were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared them dead, the official said. (Getty Images/iStockphoto/Representative)

The minor boys were aged between eight and 12 years, he said.

All four of them were rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared them dead, the official added.

BJP MP Bidyut Baran Mahato announced a compensation of ₹10,000 each for the family of the victims, and urged the government to provide them ₹10 lakh each.