Darbhanga: A 35-year-old man was killed after falling from a high-rise water tower while putting up decorative lights for Durga Puja in Bihar’s Darbhanga on Tuesday night, police said.
“The accident took place at a Durga Puja pandal in Govindpur village under the Bahadurpur police station area around 8 pm,” a police officer said.
Police said that Shyam Sundar Kamti, a resident of Babu Saheb Colony, was reportedly working voluntarily on hanging string lights on a water tank near the temple premises when he allegedly lost balance and fell to the ground.
“The body has been sent to Dayanand Medical College & Hospital (DMCH) for postmortem. Once an FIR is registered, a preliminary inquiry will be initiated,” Station House Officer (SHO) of Bahadurpur, Pushpa Lata Kumari.