Ganesh idol immersion: 1 dies, 5 get injured by electrocution in Mumbai

Mumbai: A man died and five other persons were injured after coming in contact with a live electric wire during a Ganesh idol immersion procession in Mumbai on Sunday morning, PTI reported, citing officials.

The incident occurred on Khairani Road in the Sakinaka area at around 10.45 am when a dangling electric wire accidentally touched the Ganpati idol, leading to six devotees near it getting electrocuted, the officials said, as per the information received from local police.

Some locals rushed the injured persons to nearby private medical facilities, and one of them was taken to the civic-run Seven Hills Hospital, an official said.

Doctors at the Seven Hills Hospital declared Binu Sukumaran Kumaran (36) "brought dead", the civic official said.

Five others -- Subhanshu Kamat (20), Tushar Gupta (20), Dharmaraj Gupta (49), Karan Kanojia (14) and Anush Gupta (6) -- were admitted to the Paramount Hospital, and their condition was reported to be stable, the official said.

A sea of Ganesh devotees braved rains and a bomb threat to bid farewell to their beloved elephant-headed deity amid the beating of ‘dhol-tasha' and rising clouds of ‘gulal' as the 10-day Ganpati festival drew to a close on Saturday.

More than 18,000 idols of the elephant-headed deity were immersed in various water bodies in Mumbai till 9 pm, officials said.

“No untoward incident was reported during the immersion process,” said an official of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC).

Scores of people perched on road dividers, building terraces, balconies, trees, and even poles to catch a glimpse of the grand finale, as the idols made their way to the city's beaches and other water bodies amid chants of ‘Ganpati Bappa Morya, pudhachya varshi lavkar ya' – a fervent wish for the deity's early return next year