Kolkata: An 18-year-old girl lost her life after getting her hair caught in the generator engine while going to the Kali Puja festival in West Bengal’s Nadia district of Taherpur, the police said on Saturday.
According to the police, the deceased’s name is Diya Sarkar. She is a resident of Bapuji Nagar area of Badkulla under Taherpur police station in Nadia.
She was a class 11 student at the local high school.
On Friday night, there was a Kali Puja immersion ceremony in a place in Bapuji Nagar Purandarpur area of Badkulla-II Gram Panchayat.
A procession was taken out at night.
Diya was also present along with many people from the area.
According to locals, everyone was returning after the idol immersion at Gariapota Ghat. As the disaster struck, Diya unknowingly went near the open part of the generator in the moving engine van.
Her long hair was untied and it got inside the generator.
In an instant, her hair got tangled and Diya got hit by the generator following which she was seriously injured.
The local residents present there immediately rushed to the spot, but there was no way to save her.
It is reported that the girl died on the spot.
Upon receiving the news, the police of Taherpur police station reached the spot at night.
The body was sent to Shaktinagar District Hospital.
The autopsy of the girl is being conducted at that hospital on Saturday.
The police have seized all the vehicles used for the immersion process and the engine van.
The vehicles were sent to the police station.
How such an accident happened, whether it was due to someone’s negligence or mistake, is being investigated.
However, there is no news of anyone being detained or arrested yet.
Earlier, a young woman named Soma Bin had an accident during a procession in Santipur in the same Nadia district when her open hair inadvertently got caught in the wheels of a generator. She is undergoing treatment with serious injuries.
–IANS–
