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Four boys electrocuted to death in MP river

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IANS Teekamgarh

Four young boys died of electrocution in a village in Madhya Pradesh's Teekamgarh district on Sunday when a high tension wire fell into the river in which they were taking a bath.

Superintendent of Police Anurag Sharma told IANS that the incident occurred in Machora village when a duststorm made a high tension wire fall into the Ur river in which the boys --Sunil Ahirwar, Bajendra Ahirwar, Kaushal Ahirwar, and Deepak Ahirwar -- aged 12 to 15 years, were bathing. They died immediately.

The bodies were later recovered from the river and an investigation has been ordered.

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First Published: Apr 19 2015 | 6:58 PM IST

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