DJ touches high tension wire accidentally, he, five children get electric shock in Amroha

BIJNOR: A DJ operator and five children were rushed to hospital after they received an electric jolt from an overhanging high tension wire at Panju Saray village of Nauganva Sadat area in UP’s

Amroha

district. The condition of one of the six children is said to be serious and he was referred to a higher facility in Moradabad.

Rajesh Kumar, Naugawan Sadat station house officer, said DJ operator Akash Kumar was working to operate the sound system mounted in a mini-truck by standing on top of the huge speaker, when his hand accidentally touched a low hanging overhead high tension wire.

He received a massive

electric shock

and so did five children standing near the sound system. The incident took place when a wedding procession was being taken out.

The SHO added the families of the children have lodged a complaint with police, accusing the DJ operator of being negligent. A probe is on, he added.