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Several Kanwariaya devotees, on their way back, electrocuted to death in Uttar Pradesh
The incident took place when their vehicle brushed against a low-hanging high-tension electric wire.
A total of five people on Saturday electrocuted to death and eight others injured on their way back in a religious procession in west Uttar Pradesh's Meerut district, according to official.
A group of devout followers of Lord Shiva, called Kanwariayas, were returning from Haridwar carrying water from the Holy Ganges. The incident took place when their vehicle brushed against a low-hanging high-tension electric wire after it entered the Bhawanpur's Rali Chauhan village.
Four of them died on the spot and the other on the way to the hospital. Those injured are being treated in the hospital.
Angry over the tragedy, other Kanwariyas and villagers jammed Meerut- Parikshatgarh road and accused officials of negligence in rectifying the low hanging high-tension wires.
On getting information, senior police and administrative officials rushed to the spot. The bodies had been sent for a post-mortem examination, police said.
