Tension prevailed in Nilagiri of Odisha’s Balasore district on Friday after a youth died of electrocution while plucking flowers from a neighbour’s premises. The incident sparked unrest in the locality.

According to reports, the house owner in Sanatara under Nilagiri NAC had allegedly laid an electric wire around his property to prevent repeated flower thefts. The deceased, identified as Tapas Das, a neighbour, accidentally came in contact with the live wire while attempting to pluck flowers and died on the spot.

Electric Wire Set Up to Stop Flower Theft

According to reports, the house owner had installed the live wire around the garden area to prevent others from taking flowers. Local residents had reportedly been plucking flowers from the premises for Puja purposes. However, the owner

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