By Express News Service
RANCHI: In a very unfortunate incident, three members of a family died here by electrocution while hoisting the tricolour on their roof on Sunday. The incident took place at around 7 pm at Borya in Ranchi, when the three persons of the same family –Vineet Jha (23), her sister Puja Kumari (25) and their cousin Aarti Kumari (26) was trying to straighten the tri-colour, which had been hoisted on their roof on the occasion of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, got tilted to a side due to heavy rain.
“Three members of the same family were hoisting the national flag on their roof, during which, all the three died by electrocution. The incident took place after the steel rod got into contact with the live wire running near the house, leading to the death of all three persons,” said Kanke Officer in charge Brij Kumar.
Eyewitnesses said that Vineet was trying to straighten the tri-colour, which had been tilted to a side due to heavy rain. When Vineet got electrocuted while straightening the tri-colour, Puja and Aarti rushed to his rescue but they also got electrocuted, he said.
“Vineet died on the spot, while Aarti and Puja were rushed to the Kanke General Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead,” said the family member. A cat, which was also near them, died during the incident, he added.
Aarti’s father Vijay Jha claimed that when the house was getting constructed, there was no wire above it, but the electricity department put high-tension wire merely one and a half feet from their house a year ago. They made several complaints to the local authorities, but nothing was done towards shifting thewire, he said.
Angered by the irresponsible attitude of the electricity department, family members were not allowing the police to remove the body of Vineet from the spot till the complaint was filed The protestors also demanded either Chief Minister Hemant Soren or Deputy Commissioner come to the place and see their actual situation.
The two brothers, Vijay Jha and Shiv Kumar Jha live together in the house along with their families. Puja was selected for State Bank of India and had been asked to join within a week. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed condolences toward the three deceased persons saying that may God give the family members strength to overcome their loss.
In a similar incident, another person died while hoisting the tri-colour at Police lines in Bokaro due to electrocution, while two others were seriously injured. The deceased, identified as Bageshwar, was also trying to hoist the tri-colour, during which, he came in contact with the high-tension wire and died on spot.
RANCHI: In a very unfortunate incident, three members of a family died here by electrocution while hoisting the tricolour on their roof on Sunday. The incident took place at around 7 pm at Borya in Ranchi, when the three persons of the same family –Vineet Jha (23), her sister Puja Kumari (25) and their cousin Aarti Kumari (26) was trying to straighten the tri-colour, which had been hoisted on their roof on the occasion of the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign, got tilted to a side due to heavy rain.
“Three members of the same family were hoisting the national flag on their roof, during which, all the three died by electrocution. The incident took place after the steel rod got into contact with the live wire running near the house, leading to the death of all three persons,” said Kanke Officer in charge Brij Kumar.
Eyewitnesses said that Vineet was trying to straighten the tri-colour, which had been tilted to a side due to heavy rain. When Vineet got electrocuted while straightening the tri-colour, Puja and Aarti rushed to his rescue but they also got electrocuted, he said.
“Vineet died on the spot, while Aarti and Puja were rushed to the Kanke General Hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead,” said the family member. A cat, which was also near them, died during the incident, he added.
Aarti’s father Vijay Jha claimed that when the house was getting constructed, there was no wire above it, but the electricity department put high-tension wire merely one and a half feet from their house a year ago. They made several complaints to the local authorities, but nothing was done towards shifting the
wire, he said.
Angered by the irresponsible attitude of the electricity department, family members were not allowing the police to remove the body of Vineet from the spot till the complaint was filed The protestors also demanded either Chief Minister Hemant Soren or Deputy Commissioner come to the place and see their actual situation.
The two brothers, Vijay Jha and Shiv Kumar Jha live together in the house along with their families. Puja was selected for State Bank of India and had been asked to join within a week. Chief Minister Hemant Soren has expressed condolences toward the three deceased persons saying that may God give the family members strength to overcome their loss.
In a similar incident, another person died while hoisting the tri-colour at Police lines in Bokaro due to electrocution, while two others were seriously injured. The deceased, identified as Bageshwar, was also trying to hoist the tri-colour, during which, he came in contact with the high-tension wire and died on spot.
