Bengaluru, Aug. 30 -- A festive celebration turned tragic on Friday evening when firecrackers exploded on a moving vehicle during a Ganesha idol immersion procession, resulting in the death of a Class 10 student and injuries to six others, including a police constable.

The victim has been identified as 15-year-old S Tanush Rao from Muttur, Doddaballapur, who was seated close to a box of firecrackers that had been placed behind the driver's seat of a forklift transporting the idol. The explosion occurred at around 6 pm as the procession made its way toward a nearby lake, The Times of India reported.

According to police, the forklift, driven by a man identified as Muniraju (27), had been in motion for over two hours. The prolonged operati...