6 labourers electrocuted in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad, PM Modi announces ₹2 lakh to kin of deceased

Six labourers were electrocuted to death after an electric pole they were erecting fell on a high-tension overhead wire in Jharkhand’s Dhanbad district on Monday, railway officials said.

Baghmara deputy superintendent of police Nisha Murmu said that the incident took place near Nichitpur railway station, around 145 km from Ranchi.

All of them were working with a contractor, who reportedly fled the spot after the incident, an official said.