Hyderabad, Aug 18
The death toll due to electrocution during the Sri Krishna Shobha Yatra in Hyderabad rose to six with one of the injured succumbing at a hospital on Monday.
The incident occurred at Gokulnagar in Ramanthapur, past midnight, when the Rath came into contact with an electric wire. The yatra was being taken as part of the Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations.
Four others were injured, and one of them, identified as Ganesh, succumbed while undergoing treatment at Osmania Hospital.
The deceased have been identified as Krishna (21), Rudra Vikas (39), Rajendra Reddy (45), Srikant Reddy (35) and Suresh Yadav (34).
Meanwhile, Minister for Information Technology and Industries D. Sridhar Babu announced an ex gratia of Rs 5 lakh each for the families of the deceased.