Eight-Year-Old Girl, Woman Die After Electric Shock at Mumbai Ganpati Festival Stall
An eight-year-old girl and a 33-year-old woman were killed after an electric current allegedly passed through a temporary drinking-water and beverage stall near the entrance of the Mahaganpati Utsav Mandal on Dattaram Lad Marg in Kalachowki, Mumbai, early on September 20. Four others sustained serious injuries in the incident.
The deceased were identified as Ragini Ghanshyam Yadav, 8, and Sujata Balraj Thodeti, 33. A 12-year-old girl, Ruhi Shailesh Singh, is in critical condition at Global Hospital's ICU. Three other injured persons—Kiran Akbar Naik, 19, Naresh Hande, 19, and Sahil Sandip Tare, 19—are undergoing treatment at different hospitals.
The Yadav family had travelled to the Lalbaug area to witness Ganpati celebrations. Police have booked the stall operator in connection with the incident.
