Iron box and almirah kept on top of the bus came in contact with an overhead wire near Surajpur village.

MP bus touches live wire, 28 of marriage party electrocuted

Mandla: Twenty-eight members of a marriage party, most of them women, were electrocuted when the bus they were travelling in touched a high-voltage wire and caught fire in MP's Mandla district. The incident occurred when an iron box and almirah kept on top of the bus came in contact with an overhead wire near Surajpur village. 
    The deceased, all tribals, comprised 23 women, two men and three boys. There were 36 people on the bus. The six injured are undergoing treatment at the district hospital. The marriage party was returning from Sukaria to Doni village. A criminal case has been registered against the bus owner, driver and conductor. The bus driver and conductor fled after the bus came in contact with the wire. CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced Rs 1 lakh for the families of the deceased and free treatment to the injured. TNN

Corpses heaped in front of the bus in MP's Mandla on Friday