Guwahati: In an unfortunate incident two men two people were electrocuted on Wednesday in the city's Khanapara area.
As per reports, the victims were later rushed to the Guwahati Metro Hospital. The two were apparently electrical maintenance workers in Khanapara when they got into contact with a high conductor wire.
Saddam Hussein and Sofiqul Islam have been recognised as the perpetrators.
The line was shut down while maintenance work was being done, according to officials. Although the two were wearing safety equipment, they may have gotten into touch with a wire above them by accident.
According to them, an early investigation found no evidence of ineptitude on their part, but a more thorough investigation would be conducted.
Both of them were transported to the Guwahati Metro Hospital by neighbours after one of them got minor burn injuries.
In a similar incident earlier this year in June, young man was electrocuted to death in Chandmari. According to locals, the man was painting at the railway crossing gate around 7 AM in the morning near Chandmari when a high voltage wire struck him. He died on the spot. The deceased man was identified as Diganta. Meanwhile, Chandmari police reached the spot and took stock of the situation.
Again, in Golaghat, a man was electrocuted and seriously injured while he was repairing a high voltage 33KV current, at Sarupathar town. Onlookers informed that he got stuck while he was working on 33KV current and was rushed to the Sarupathar Civil Hospital. Onlookers also said that the situation of the injured person was very critical. The injured person was identified as Moon Ramsiari (30), a resident of Chungajan in Dhansiri Subdivision under the Golaghat district. After the accident, Ramsiari was taken to the Sarupathar Civil Hospital in a critical condition for first-aid treatment; after that, the doctor referred him to the Golaghat Civil Hospital for further treatment.
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