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16-year-old Rohit dies of electric shock while saving kite in Ichalkaranji
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News18•11-10-2026, 09:15
16-year-old Rohit dies of electric shock while saving kite in Ichalkaranji
- •A 16-year-old 10th-grade student, Rohit Sunil Dodmani, died on the spot after coming into contact with a power line while trying to retrieve a stuck kite in Ichalkaranji.
- •The incident occurred on Saturday evening when Rohit was flying kites with his friends on a building in the Jawahar Nagar Ganpati Katta area.
- •Instead of pulling the kite, he used a wire to pull the main power transmission line towards himself, resulting in a severe electric shock.
- •Citizens rushed him immediately to IGM Hospital, where medical officers declared him dead before treatment could begin.
- •The sudden tragic death has brought immense grief to his family and the local residents, leaving behind his parents and a sister.
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Rohit suffered a fatal electric shock while trying to pull a main power transmission line closer using a wire after his kite got stuck in it on Saturday evening.
Rohit was a 10th-grade student at Jawahar Nagar High School, and the incident occurred on a building in the Jawahar Nagar Ganpati Katta area of Ichalkaranji, Kolhapur.
After citizens immediately rushed him to IGM Hospital following the electric shock, medical officers declared that he had died before treatment could be administered.
