Jamshedpur youth dies after stepping on high voltage broken wire

Mail News Service

Jamshedpur, June 7: An 18-year-old youth, Kotal Murmu, died after inadvertently stepping on a live broken high voltage electric wire that had fallen on the ground. The incident occurred on Tuesday morning in Maurbera village of Badamara Panchayat in Chakulia block of East Singhbhum district.

The villagers rushed Kotal Murmu to the Chakulia Community Health Center for treatment where doctors declared him brought dead. The incident occurred when Kotal Murmu was going somewhere on foot when he accidentally stepped on the live wire that had broken off and lying on the ground.

Baharagora MLA Sameer Mahanty, on being informed, reached the Community Health Centre in Chakulia and enquird about the incident from the deceased’s family members. The MLA immediately s[poke to JBVNL senior officer and demanded payment of compensation to the family of deceased Kotal Murmu at the earliest. Municipal Councilor Md Gulab, Chief Representative Ram Baskey, Ujjwal Mahto, Ghaniram Singh, Mihir Bera, Sanjeev Kumar and others were present at the Health Centre.