Two persons died of electrocution and five others were injured after an iron flag pole mounted on a vehicle came in contact with an electric transformer at Virar town in Maharashtra's Palghar district during celebrations held on the eve of Dr B R Ambedkar's birth anniversary.The incident occurred late night on Thursday after a procession, which was taken out on the eve of the 132nd birth anniversary of the chief architect of India's Constitution, concluded.The condition of three of the five injured is serious and they have been shifted to a hospital in Mumbai, a senior official of the Mira Bhayandar-Vasai Virar police commissionerate said."A procession was taken out in Kargil Nagar locality in Virar to mark Dr Ambedkar's birth anniversary. Around 10.30 pm, when the procession concluded and its participants were winding up, one of their vehicles developed a snag. As some of them started pushing it, an iron flag pole mounted on the vehicle came in contact with a roadside electric transformer. While two persons died on the spot, five others suffered injuries," he said.The deceased were identified as Roopesh Surve, 23, and Sumit Sood, 30, the police said, adding that their bodies were sent to a government hospital for post-mortem.Police have registered an accidental death report in this connection and a probe is on, the official said.