13-year-old electrocuted while taking selfie with friends atop train coach, two injured
Bhubaneswar, Dec 16: A 13-year-old boy was burnt alive and two of his friends injured after they came in contact with a live wire while clicking selfies atop a train coach, which has been converted into a COVID isolation unit, in Odisha's Gajapati district on Wednesday, police said.
P Surya and his two friends went atop the coach kept at the Parlakhemundi railway station and were clicking selfies, they said.
While Surya was electrocuted and died at the spot, the two other friends received minor burn injuries and are being treated, police said.
The roof mat of the coach also caught fire and had to be doused by fire tenders, police said.
The COVID-19 isolation coaches were stabled on route number two of the station and kept around 100 meters away from the main gate.
A Junior Administrative Group has been constituted by the Divisional Railway Manager of Waltair to investigate the incident.
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Rahul Gandhi to attend friendly football match between Messi, Revanth Reddy in Hyderabad
Hyderabad (PTI): Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, will attend the GOAT India Tour event featuring football legend Lionel Messi at the RGI Cricket Stadium here on Saturday evening, Telangana Congress sources said.
A friendly match will be played between the two teams -- Singareni RR9 and Aparna-Messi All Stars. These two teams will be playing a 15-20 minute friendly match and five minutes before the game, Chief Minister Revanth Reddy, a football enthusiast and Messi will join and will dribble the ball together.
Rahul Gandhi will land here on a special flight at 4.30 PM and will proceed to Taj Falaknuma Palace Hotel where Messi will be staying.
After watching the game, Gandhi will leave for the national capital by 10.30 PM.
Elaborate security arrangements are being made for the event at the RGI Cricket stadium.
Rachakonda Police Commissioner Sudheer Babu said security would be provided with 3,000 personnel.
