Teenager dies due to electric shock during puja
Begusarai. While installing electric lamp in the house on the occasion of Saraswati Puja, Laxman Kumar, 14 year old son of Pappu Sah, resident of Ward-21 of Behat Municipal Council, died due to electric shock. According to the information received regarding the incident, on the occasion of Saraswati Puja. Laxman was installing electric chandelier in the house itself. In the same sequence, he got hit by lightning. His sister present in the house raised an alarm and went near the house and informed her mother about the incident. When the mother came home and saw her son falling, she started shouting for help. Meanwhile, Manish Kumar, who lives in the neighborhood, with the help of other people, separated the wire with a bamboo bat. He was immediately taken to a nursing home in Chakia. Where he was declared dead. The incident has created grief in the family and silence has spread in the village.