Two wedding guests were electrocuted to death while another was injured, when a group of invitees perched on top of a bus ferrying all the guests to the venue came in contact with a hanging high tension electric wire in Jharkhand's Palamu district on Wednesday, said the police.
The incident took place near Jamua bridge in Manatu area when a group of people was going to attend a wedding at a temple by bus.
Around 10 people were sitting on the roof of the bus when around three of them came in contact with a high tension wire that was hanging on the road.
One of the guests who died on the spot was the groom’s uncle. The second person succumbed to his injuries a little later in a hospital, said the police.
The third person was also admitted to the same hospital. According to the police, his condition is also not stable.
The dead bodies of the two individuals have been sent for autopsy.