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Guwahati, July 26 : Five labourers including four from Assam were killed and three others injured in an electrocution incident in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills district on Wednesday evening.
The incident took place at Miapara village under Mendipathar police station where the labourers, who were engaged in a road construction work, caught in a low lying high tension wire.
According to the reports, the incident occurred while the labourers were rolling a road construction machine it hit the high tension wire (11 KV) overhead.
Five labourers died on spot while three others were also at the same site were severely injured and rushed to Assam’s Goalpara town for medical treatment.
Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) of North Garo Hills district Nikcheng Momin said that, the labourers didn’t see the overhanging high tension wire when the machine contacted the wire.
The deceased persons were identified as Sanwar Rehman, Jonal Uddin, Chand Mia, Ashraf Ali and they were hailing from Merarchar village in Assam’s Bongaigaon district while another Dipen Rabha from Miapara village in North Garo Hills district.
Identities of the injured three persons are yet to be received.
North Garo Hills district police has started investigation into the incident.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
