4 of wedding party on bus roof get jolts after contact with 11kV wire

Daltonganj: Four wedding guests, travelling on the rooftop of a bus, suffered electric jolt after coming in contact with an overhead 11 kV power line near Gargaon Pulya under Panki police station limits late Friday night. The wedding party was travelling from Chhatarpur in Palamu to Lawalong in Chatra district, police said.Officer in-charge of the Panki police station, Rajesh Ranjan, said, “Though the bus had sufficient seating space, the four men, aged between 15 and 40 years, sat on the rooftop to enjoy the night breeze. During the journey, they came in touch with an overhead 11 kV power line and sustained electric shock. The four were rushed to the Medinirai Medical College and Hospital (MMCH), Daltonganj.“Two injured persons — Pramod and Binod — left the hospital against medical advice. The remaining two, Ranjan and Rajesh, are undergoing treatment and are out of danger,” a nursing staff with the MMCH said.Police urged wedding party organisers and transport operators to stop travellers from climbing rooftop, citing serious risk posed by low-hanging and high-voltage electricity lines, especially during night-time journeys.