2 electrocuted
Source: The Sangai Express
Noney, May 08 2019:
Two persons were electrocuted at Tengkonjang, Longmai- 3 this evening around 3.30 .
The incident happened when the power line came alive while the villagers who volunteered to repair a fallen HT line were working on it.
According to a local source, the villagers informed the department about the fallen HT line and volunteered to repair the line.
They were on the job for quite some time holding and pulling the HT line.
However, the power line suddenly came alive and 2 out of the 5/6 volunteers were electrocuted and died on the spot.
The deceased are identified as Jiandaipou Ruangmei (38) son of Lungjin Ruangmei and Thanchuingam Gonmei (18) son of Mutangai Gonmei both hailing from Tengkonjang locality of Longmai Part 3.Jiandaipou left behind his wife and two children while the Thanchuingam was a student of Tengkonjang Government Higher Secondary School pursuing Class XI.
Till the time of filing this report, the dead bodies were lying in Noney PHC waiting for the department authorities to arrive to discuss the matter without which the families are refusing to claim the dead bodies.