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One dead and five injured after a live wire touched the Ganpati idol during Gajanan Mitra Mandal’s procession in Sakinaka, Mumbai.
The tragic accident has cast a deep gloom over the local Ganpati mandal and the surrounding community. (X)
In a tragic incident, a man died, and five other persons were injured after they came in contact with a live electric wire during a Ganesh visrajan procession in Mumbai on Sunday morning, civic officials said.
The incident took place on Khairani Road in Sakinaka area at around 10:45 am during the procession of Gajanan Mitra Mandal, when the procession reached near Sanman Hotel.
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While lifting wires from the Ganapati trolley, a dangling electric wire accidentally touched the Ganpati idol, leading to six devotees near it getting electrocuted, the officials said, as per the information received from local police.
The locals rushed all the victims to the nearby medical facilities, and one of them was taken to the civic-run Seven Hills Hospital, where 36-year-old Binu Sukumaran Kumaran was declared dead on arrival by the doctors.
Five have been admitted to Paramount Hospital, Sakinaka, and are stable. One was admitted to Seven Hills Hospital, Andheri (East), where he has been declared dead.
Five others — Subhanshu Kamat (20), Tushar Gupta (20), Dharmaraj Gupta (49), Karan Kanojia (14) and Anush Gupta (6) — were admitted to the Paramount Hospital and their condition was reported to be stable, the official said.
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Meanwhile, lakhs of Mumbaikars thronged Girgaon Chowpatty amid rains on Sunday morning to bid farewell to the iconic Lalbaugcha Raja and other idols of Ganpati Bappa, marking culmination of the 10-day Ganesh festival.
A helicopter of the Indian Coast Guard and Mumbai Police’s drones maintained aerial surveillance during the immersion processions.
Mumbai Police Commissioner Deven Bharti closely monitored the immersions at Girgaon Chowpatty along with Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and Deputy CM Eknath Shinde.
Amid chants of “Ganpati Bappa Morya, pudhchya varshi lavkar ya”, a fervent wish for the deity’s early return next year, the devotees gave a grand yet cautious farewell to Lord Ganesh in the country’s financial capital as they defied rain and a bomb threat to participate in the immersion processions.
As of 6 am on Sunday, a total of 36,632 idols had been immersed across the city, after the culmination of the last day celebration of the Ganesh festival, according to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).
This included 5,855 Ganpati idols of public mandals, 30,468 idols from households and 309 idols of Goddess Gauri.
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Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
September 07, 2025, 12:32 IST
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