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Five pilgrims on the Kanwar Yatra were fatally electrocuted in Jharkhand's Latehar district when the vehicle they were travelling in made contact with a high-tension overhead wire, according to the police. 

 

Three other individuals sustained injuries in the incident. 

 

The tragedy occurred at Tam Tam Tola in the Balumath police station area at approximately 3 am. 

 

The police further stated that the pilgrims were on their way back from the Baba Baidyanath temple in Deoghar when their vehicle collided with an electricity pole.

 

"A high-tension overhead wire fell on their vehicle. Five people were killed and three others injured," Balumath sub-divisional police officer Ashutosh Kumar Satyam told PTI.

 

The injured have been admitted to a hospital, police added.