India, Aug. 18 -- Five people died of electrocution in Hyderabad when they came in contact with live electric wires while pulling a chariot carrying Lord Krishna idol as part of Janmashtami celebrations late on Sunday night, the police said.

The tragic incident took place at Gokulnagar in Ramanthapur area around midnight, and the deceased were identified as Krishna Yadav (21), Suresh Yadav (34), Srikanth Reddy (35), Rudra Vikas (39), and Rajendra Reddy (45).

"Their bodies were shifted to Gandhi Hospital for postmortem. We are yet to ascertain how the mishap exactly happened. An investigation is on," an official from the Uppal police station said.

According to the police, the men were taking out a procession of Lord Krishna on a decorat...