Two electrocuted in Arunachal

Itanagar, Jun 26 (UNI) Two workers were electrocuted and four received burns while erecting an electric pole at North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and Technology (NERIST) near here today.

Police said the accident occurred when they were erecting a pole that got touched a high voltage 11 kv live power line overhead.

The victims identified as Yura Tahar(40) and Godak Taha(30), who died instantly while four others while attemtping to save them received burn injuries. The injured were admitted to a local hospital.

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