Hectic preparations are underway ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's much-expected visit to Manipur and Tripura on Monday to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections.BJP sources said that the Home Minister would arrive in Tripura on Monday .
At least seven people, including two children, were electrocuted to death while 15 others were seriously injured on Wednesday after chariot made of iron came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire in Tripura s Kumarghat area, the police said.
Tripura Jagannath Rath Yatra Tragedy: seven people died after chariot of Jagannath Rath Yatra caught fire in Tripura's Kumarghat. Several people have also been injured in the incident. , India News, Times Now
Authorities fear that the number of casualties will further increase. A police spokesman said in Agartala that the chariot on the occasion of “Ulto Rath”, in the return journey as part of the annual Rath Yatra procession, was carrying the idols of Lord Jagannath and his two siblings Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra.