Bhopal Updates: 4 Electrocuted Repairing Mic Wire, 1 Critical; Youth Manhandles Cops Over Entry To Bittan Market Ground

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Four persons were electrocuted on Friday night while repairing the wire of a mike on a Navratri tableau in the Ratan colony of Nishatpura, the police said. Though all four have survived the incident, one of them is said to be in critical condition.

Nishatpura police station TI Rupesh Dubey told Free Press that all the four men who sustained burns were members of Durga Utsav Samiti. The names of the victims are Makhan Sahu (35), Vipin Jatav (19), Dinesh Birja (21) and Rohan Jatav (21).

Incident occured after malfunction in mic

On Friday night, the Navami celebrations were held till late night on Friday. The wire of the mic stopped functioning. Sahu climbed atop the electricity pole, to check the connection, and allegedly came in contact with the high tension line. He was subsequently, electrocuted, and the other three men, when tried to rescue him, were also electrocuted.

After the locals reported the incident to the discom company team and the fire fighters, they rushed to the spot and stopped the electricity supply in the area. All four men were rushed to a nearby private hospital, where their treatment is underway. Sahu is said to be in a critical state.

Youth Manhandles Cops Over Entry To Bittan Market Ground

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A young man allegedly manhandled the Habibganj police station personnel as well as the station house officer (SHO), who were deployed at the Bittan market ground on Saturday evening in wake of Vijayadashami celebrations.

A video of the incident has emerged on social media. In the video, the man, purportedly 26-year-old, was seen thrashing one of the cops, who refused entry to him along with a woman to the ground. After the cop was thrashed by the unidentified man, several other cops as well as SHO Ajay Kumar Soni tamed the man and drove him out of the venue.

The woman, with whom the accused wanted to enter the ground, was seen shielding him from the blows of the cops and was seen shouting at the police personnel. According to sources, the identity of the accused has not been ascertained yet and no FIR or arrest has been made so far.