A rally on the eve of Ambedkar Jayanti took a tragic turn when a cart being pulled by youths hit a pothole and a part of it touched a transformer in Virar on Thursday, said witnesses. Two youngsters died from electrocution, while five were hurt.. Even 24 hours after the tragedy, the civic body failed to attend to the pothole. The deceased have been identified as Sumeet Shivaji Sood, 28, and Rupesh Sharad Surve, 20.

Rupesh S. Surve and Sumeet S. Sood