Maharashtra: Four die of electrocution in Aurangabad

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Four persons died from electrocution on Friday during a new electricity connection work that was going on in a village in Aurangabad district of central Maharashtra, a police official said.

The incident took place around 3 pm at Hiwarkheda-Nandgirwad village in the district, about 375km from Mumbai, where work on providing new electricity connection was going on, he said.

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All four suffered severe electric shocks and died on the spot, the official said.

The incident was reported to the Kannad Rural Police station in Aurangabad, he added.

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