Overhead wire kills two kanwariyas in Rajasthan; 30 hurt

Two persons died and 30 were injured when a truck carrying kanwariyas came in contact with a hanging overhead power line in Rajasthan’s Alwar district on Wednesday, a police officer said.

The group of kanwariyas and locals were performing a parikrama (circumambulation) of the Beechganwa village in a DJ truck when the vehicle came in contact with the electric wire.

The deceased were identified as Gopal (22) and Suresh Prajapat (40), both residents of Beechganwa. A video of the incident surfaced on social media. It shows a group of devotees dancing, before several of them who were walking close to the truck suddenly collapsed to the ground.

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