They got here in touch with an 11,000 Volt excessive rigidity wire and had been electrocuted.
A person, his daughter and his niece had been burnt to demise after a high-tension electrical cable fell on them in Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur.
The surprising incident, which befell yesterday within the Sonbarsa market space of Gorakhpur, was caught on CCTV which confirmed the person and the 2 ladies on a motorbike and taking a left near a rubbish dump. They got here in touch with an 11,000 Volt excessive rigidity wire and had been electrocuted.
Inside seconds, the bike caught hearth and the person and the 2 kids had been burned to demise and nobody might rescue them. The trio died on the spot.
The Superintending Engineer of the Electrical energy Division, DK Singh, mentioned the incident occurred after a monkey jumped on the wire, inflicting it to snap and fall on them. The matter is being investigated.
The electrical energy division has introduced a compensation of Rs 5 lakh every for the household of the sufferer.
– with inputs from Abrar Ahmad