Toll rises to 9 in Tripura Rath Yatra electrocution
The toll due to the electrocution during the return Rath Yatra in Tripura’s Unakoti district in June rose to nine as a 32-year-old woman, who was injured in the accident, died, police said on Wednesday.
Droupadi Nama succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in Assam’s Guwahati, where she was undergoing treatment, a senior officer said.
Earlier, eight people, including two children, died of electrocution and 16 others were injured as the chariot of Lord Jagannath came in contact with a high-tension wire during the return Rath Yatra festival on June 28 in Kumarghat area.
