Two men working as lightmen for a marriage band were electrocuted to death during a wedding procession in Faridabad on Sunday night.
The deceased have been identified as Attru (50) and Akhbar (27), both natives of Etah district in Uttar Pradesh. Police said both were daily wage workers who lived on the streets and had taken up work as light men for the band for Rs 500 for the day.
Sube Singh, spokesperson, Faridabad police, said that the incident took place during a ceremony in Junehra village in Ballabgarh.
“A group of four persons were holding umbrella lights on their shoulders ahead of the band in the wedding procession when a light came into contact with an electric transformer, causing a short circuit.
