THREE labourers were electrocuted to death and two others sustained burn injuries when the concrete mixture machine they were shifting came into contact with high tension over head electric wire. The incident occurred at Khamariya village under Baradwar police station limits and deceased have been identified as Rajkumar Sewak, Premlal Mahilange and Ajay Singh. Bodies have been handed over to family members after postmortem. The injured labourers Nagendra Singh and Parau Ram are under-treatment in hospital.

Rajkumar and other labourers were engaged in road construction at Khamariya village. On Sunday evening, after completing the work, they were shifting the mixture machine being used for construction. Meanwhile, the machine came into contact with overhead electric wire of 11 KV. There was a blast and eventually, current spread all over the machine and labourers were electrocuted.

Local people were panicked with the incident and injured labourers were rushed to hospital. Rajkumar, Premlal and Ajay were declared brought dead while Nagendra and Parau were admitted for treatment. Baradwar SHO Rajesh Patel said that there was a blast after machine came into contact with electric wire. Villagers admitted labourers to hospital and it was later Champa police informed about the incident. Champa SHO Manish Singh Parihar said that Rajkumar, Premlal and Ajay were declared brought dead and other two labourers are under-treatment.