Bhubaneswar: Three members of a Danda Nacha troupe were electrocuted and two others critically injured while setting up a stage at Patala village under Balimi police station limits in Dhenkanal district on Sunday. The incident occurred around 7.30pm when iron grids being tied for the stage accidentally came in contact with an 11kV overhead electric wire.Sudhakar Sahu and Laxmidhar Sahu, alias Pintu, of Patala village, and Milan Mahalik of Bido village under Parjang police station limits were rushed to Angul district headquarters hospital, where doctors declared the three brought dead.Injured Prafulla Sahu and Nirmal Sahu, both from Patala village, who were also initially taken to Angul hospital, were shifted to SCB Medical College and Hospital, Cuttack, police said. Balimi police has launched an investigation.
