Fifteen people were electrocuted and seven injured on Wednesday at a sewage treatment plant of the Namami Gange project on the banks of the Alaknanda in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand, the police said.
Superintendent of Police, Chamoli, Pramendra Dobhal said the police had gone to the spot to prepare a report on the electrocution late on Tuesday of a person working at the project site. Around 11.30 am, a surge of electricity passed through a metal railing on the plant premises, killing 15, including police sub-inspector Pradeep Rawat and three home guard personnel. It is still being ascertained how it happened, he added.
