BETTIAH, Oct. 12 -- Two minor devotees were killed and 19 others, 17 of them minors, injured after they came in contact with a high-tension wire during a religious ceremony on the first day of Shardiya Navratri in West Champaran on Sunday morning. Ramnagar's sub divisional police officer (SDPO) Satyendra Ram said the incident occurred near the Don Canal at Khatauri which falls under Ramnagar police station area in Bagaha police district when devotees had gathered for jal bojhi -- a ritual of collecting holy water after a Kalash Yatra. "While the two died on the spot, 19 had to hospitalised after they sustained electric shocks caused by the high tension wire," the sub divisional police officer said. The deceased have been identified as Sarvesh Kumar (13), son of Yashwant Bin and Neeraj Kumar (13), son of Prabhu Kumar -- residents of Sahasrao village under Bhairoganj police station area of Bagaha police district. The SDPO said the incident occurred as a posse of devotees, belonging to Sahasrao village in Bagaha -1 block of West Champaran district, were about to make a reverse journey to their village after collecting holy water as a part of jal bhojhi rituals at Don Canal at Khatauri on Sunday. "Accidentally, an iron rod bearing a flag hit the overtop high-tension wire passing through the area, causing electrocution," the sub divisional police officer said. The incident created a stampede-like situation at the venue. Sources quoting eye-witnesses described the scene at the spot as grim: While two victims lay slumped on a tractor-trolley, several others were thrown a few feet away by the impact. A complete chaos and pandemonium prevailed at the site as people ran around in panic and confusion, amid screams and cries. Ambulances which were used to ferry victims to hospitals added to the chaos, they said....