At least seven people were killed and 20 others injured when the top of a chariot hit a high-tension live wire in Kumarghat in the Unakoti district of the state.
Chief Minister Dr. Manik Saha after receiving the news rushed from Agartala to Kumarghat.
Police said the accident occurred when the Rath /chariot on its return journey of Ratha yatra, organised by ISKCON reached at Block Chowmuhani of Kumarghat along with a large number of devotes, the top of the chariot and touched a live electric wire of hanging between street electric posts. Police reached the spot immediately and started rescue operation.