Agartala, July 29: With one more wounded person succumbing to her injury, the death toll in the June 28 chariot tragedy in Tripura has increased to 10 people, including four children and four women.
According to reports, a devotee named Rupa Ghosh, 32, died at a Delhi hospital on Friday night after battling for life for 31 days following the tragic incident.
Nine people were electrocuted to death earlier while 30 others were injured on June 28 after a chariot made of iron came in contact with an overhead high-tension wire in the Kumarghat area in northern Tripura.
A police spokesman said that the chariot, taken out on the occasion of ‘Ulto Rath’ – the return journey of the annual Rath Yatra procession, was carrying the idols of Lord Jagannath, Devi Subhadra and Lord Balabhadra.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had condoled the deaths and announced a compensation of Rs 2 lakh for the families of the deceased.
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