KANPUR: Four minor students of a government school suffered burn injuries due to electric shock while trying to hoist the national flag in Jaitapur village under the limits of Mangalpur police station in Kanpur Dehat district on Wednesday.The students of Poorva Madhyamik Vidhyalaya at Jaitapur village suffered the electric shock when they came in contact with an iron pole with the Tricolour fitted to it in which electric current was flowing.The students, Dhirendra, Dushyant, Rishabh and Lokendra, were holding the iron pole when they received electric shock."We were preparing for flag hoisting ceremony, when we heard cries of our friends and rushed out to see what had happened. We alerted teachers, who arranged an ambulance and took the four injured children to Hawaspur CHC. They were later admitted to the district hospital," said a student.Basic Shiksha Adhikari, Kanpur Dehat, Sangeeta Singh, said: "Doctors stated condition of all the four students to be out of danger. Dhirendra and Dushyant have been discharged while Rishabh and Lokendra are still undergoing treatment."Rishabh, said from his hospital bed: "Some of us were trying to hold the rod before the flag hoisting ceremony when we suffered a severe jolt. For a few seconds, we did not know what to do. Then, we realised that our hands were burnt."

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