Overview

• Police said the shock occurred around 9pm in the Bargi Hills area as devotees gathered for aarti near a pandal in front of the chief engineer’s office.
• The children were identified as Ayush Jharia and Ved Shrivas and were declared brought dead at the hospital, with post-mortems ordered.
• Preliminary accounts from the SDM indicate external decorative lighting lacked a proper connection, energizing a pole the children touched.
• District Collector Raghavendra Singh constituted a three-member committee led by SDM Anurag Singh to investigate, with a report due within three days.
• Police have registered a case, and PWD Minister Rakesh Singh directed Rs 2 lakh assistance to each bereaved family through the Red Cross.