Indore:A 14-year-old girl was electrocuted while taking a ride on a swing during the Navratri mela at the Bijasan temple ground in Indore, police said.
The incident took place in Aerodrome police station area of Indore. The deceased has been identified as Kanak Ranvasi. The family from Hatod town in Indore went to the Bijasan temple to have a darshan of the Goddess while their children went to take a ride on the swing. Kanak had gone to the mela along with her parents and brother.
While Kanak's parents were offering puja before the deity, she along with her brother went to ride on the swing. A mela is organised on the temple ground on the occasion of Navratri every year. After riding on the swing a few times, Kanak got down and stood on the swing's stand without wearing her slippers. Suddenly, riders realised there was electric current in the swing. When Kanak's father heard this, he ran to pull his children out of the swing. He pulled out Kanak's brother first and when he turned his attention to the girl she was found lying unconscious in the swing due to an electric shock.