Police said Ashok Phutraju Pahadi Rajput (18) was waving an eight-foot high flag pole made of cast iron when it accidentally came in contact with the 22 KV overhead wires. While Rajput was killed instantly, three other youths who were standing shoulder-to-shoulder with him, including his brother Ajay (17), Annacha Laxman Pahadi Rajput (15) and Pradeep Gupta (22), too dropped dead.
Locals at the Shivaji Nagar slum settlements in Kalwa said the source of the current was so powerful that it affected 11 others, including a mother of two, who collapsed on the road. The injured were immediately put into an auto and taken to the Chhatrapati Shivaji Hospital at Kalwa and a private hospital nearby.
NCP activists led by Ruta Awhad, wife of Jitendra Awhad, rushed to the scene of the accident to console the victims' kin who had gathered there. The rally had been organized to campaign for NCP candidate Mahesh Salvi and was scheduled to begin after serving breakfast packets to the participants.
"Ashok held the flagpole and was excited to be part of the rally. He was waving the flag using all his might when it suddenly touched the overhead wire and that triggered the tragedy,'' a local youth said. He said Ashok and his brother Ajay were staying alone and were employed in a small unit making beaded jewellery. Gupta was a father of a two-year-old and ran a small provision store in the locality.
Police said it was an accident but nevertheless a probe will be conducted, adding that the remains of the two brothers were taken to their hometown in Karnataka after a postmortem. Among the injured include Satyabhama Kharat (61), Salim Ayyumutu Rajput (16), Arun Rajput (21), Ajay Rajput (22), Sajan Rajput (22), Sachin Arote (25), Krishna Rajput (50), Kaliram Rajput (5), Kaviraj Rajput (50), Sandip Londhe (20) and Singh Chikalkar Kolyasingh (25).
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