Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, July 12: A villager was electrocuted when a live high-tension wire got broken from the tower and fell down in the fields at village Chandak today.
Reports said that suddenly a live electricity wire from a high tower got broken and fell into the fields. Two villagers working in the fields got trapped. While one of them was killed on the spot the other was seriously injured. The deceased was identified as Mushtaq Ahmed from the same village. Seriously injured, Irshad Ahmed was shifted to Poonch hospital and later referred to GMC Hospital, Jammu.
Later, villagers of the area came out on the road and started protest demonstration against the PDD authorities. They demanded action against the field staff of the PDD. The police party led by SHO reached the spot and pacified the agitating people. The road was then cleared after some time.
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