A pall of gloom descended over the Independence Day celebrations in Danapur village in the district after a man fell to his death while trying to tie the national flag to a pole on Wednesday.
The deceased has been identified as Parashuram and was working at a private steel company, police said.
Parashuram died after the pole, to which he tried to tie the national flag, came crashing down from a dangerous height, police said.
Though he was immediately rushed to a private hospital, doctors declared him brought dead, police said.