LAGOS, Nigeria (VOICE OF NAIJA) – At least 16 people, including security operatives, have been killed, six others injured in a suspected case of electrocution in the North Indian State of Uttarakhand, says Government Officials.
The incident which took place on Wednesday morning claimed the lives of a Police officer and three personnel from the Home Guard paramilitary.
According to Indian media reports, the Home Guard personnel were suspected to have died as they attempted to rescue the Police officer.
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“We have received news of a grim incident in Chamoli district. A magisterial inquiry has been ordered,” said Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami.
He said rescue teams, including from the State Disaster Response Force, were at the spot and helicopters were deployed to shift the injured to bigger hospitals.
“How the incident happened will only become clear after detailed inquiry but it seems, on the surface, to have happened due to electrocution,” said Himanshu Khurana, the Chamoli district magistrate.
The incident is said to have taken place inside a sewage treatment plant in the Himalayan State’s Chamoli district as part of a flagship programme of the federal government that focuses on conserving the river Ganga.
The accident is said to have occurred as water levels in most rivers in northern India have risen due to record monsoon rains.
