MEERUT Two younger males had been electrocuted in Kusha Fatehabad village of Dibai space in Bulandshahr district of Uttar Pradesh on Thursday after they got here in contact with a live wire fencing put up round a subject to defend crops from wild and stray animals.
Deceased Krishan Kumar, 23 and Sumit Kumar, 23 had been neighbours and mates. Krishan was pursuing BAMS course from a university of Aligarh and Sumit was a scholar in Authorities Polytechnic in Baraut city of Bagpat.
Each mates had gone to acquire fodder for his or her livestock on Thursday and Krishan Kumar got here in contact with a live wire whereas each had been on their method again to the village. Sumit tried to save his pal and in addition received entangled in the wire.
Farmers working round raised alarm and villagers took them to hospital the place medical doctors declared them useless after examination.
Initially, villagers mentioned that each mates died after they got here in contact with a excessive voltage wire which was damaged and mendacity in the sector.
Superintending engineer of electrical energy division Sunil Kumar, nevertheless, claimed that no wire was discovered damaged there. He confirmed that the incident occurred due to live wire fencing in the sector and added, “We’d like to educate and sensitise villagers that such fencings are unlawful and they need to not use them.”
Senior nationwide vice chairman of BKU (apolitical) Mangeram Tyagi mentioned that just a few years in the past an analogous incident had occurred in Syana space of the district. “A younger man was electrocuted by a live wire fencing,” he mentioned and appealed to farmers to not indulge in such unlawful acts because it was additionally harmful for their very own lives.
Tyagi admitted that live wire fencing was used in the area to defend crops from wild and stray animals.