BHOPAL: Six members of a family got electrocuted in MP’s Chhatarpur district while cleaning a newly built septic tank on Sunday morning. They died trying to save each other after the first person came in contact with a live wire.
The tragedy took place in Mahua village in Bijawar region, about 300km from Bhopal. Jagna Ahirwar and his family had teamed up to build a septic tank for their home. Work was over and on Sunday, his son Narendra entered the tank at 8am to remove the plastering material, Bijawar sub-divisional police officer Sitaram Avasya told TOI.
It’s believed he was electrocuted by a wire they had run into the tank to light a bulb, he added. “One by one, other family members who went for the rescue also got electrocuted,” said Avasya. Apart from Narendra, those who died were Vijay, 20, Milan, 25, Ramprasad, 30, Shankar, 35, and Laxman Ahirwar, 55. Jagna Ahirwar has sustained head injuries.
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