Hyderabad, Aug 19
Three persons were electrocuted to death in two separate incidents while carrying Ganesh idols in Hyderabad, said officials on Tuesday.
The incidents happened late on Monday night. In the first incident at Bandlaguda, two persons reportedly died and another was injured after an electric shock while bringing a huge Ganesh idol for installation.
The incident occurred when the victims came in contact with an overhead electric wire while clearing the way for the 23-ft idol. The injured person was admitted to a hospital. Police shifted the bodies to the government-run Osmania Hospital for autopsy.
Officials of the electricity department, however, denied deaths due to electrocution. They said the youth died after falling from the vehicle carrying the idol.
Police registered a case and took up the investigation.
In another incident, a youth was electrocuted to death in a similar incident in Amberpet. The youth suffered the shock while carrying the idol to the ‘Mandapam’ in his locality.