Boy electrocuted
Source: Hueiyen News Service / NNN
Imphal, October 31 2013:
A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted after he accidentally came in contact with an overhead High Tension power line hanging low over a bridge at Patsoi in Imphal West district early Thursday morning.
Soraisam Langamba, son of Ranjit of Sagoltongba Awang Leikai, Patsoi died instantly on the Merakhong Bridge after his head accidentally touched the high voltage line.
The class II student was jogging along the footpath of the bridge when the mishap occurred, his family said.
Locals of Sagoltongba blamed the fatal incident on the state Government and Electricity Department.
Staging a protest dharna at Lansonbi bazaar, they said the mishap happened because of carelessness on the part of the Power Department.