A 74-year-old woman died of electrocution in a village in Nalla Sopara area of Maharashtra's Palghar district
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A 74-year-old woman died of electrocution in a village in Nalla Sopara area of Maharashtra's Palghar district, police said on Friday.
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The incident occurred when the victim Jayanti Mhatre stepped out of her house in Nala village to see an immersion procession of a Ganesha idol on Thursday evening, an official said.
The victim came in contact with an electric pole and fell unconscious. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared her dead, he said.
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A case of accidental death has been registered, the official said.
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