Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, Jan 3: A youth was died after he received severe electric shocks while working at electric transformer of PDD for restoration of Power supply in Manjakote area of district Rajouri this afternoon.
Official sources said that incident took place at around 4.30 pm when 21-year-old Mohd Aftab, son of Bagh Hussain, resident of Kakora village in Manjakote was working on an electric transformer in the area. Somebody restored power supply from the station and he was trapped in live electric wires, received severe burns on face and hands besides other parts of the body and remained trapped in the wires for long. He was died on the spot.
A large number of villagers gathered on the spot. They reported to the mater to concerned PDD officials. Manjakote police also rushed to the spot and registered a case in this connection. Further investigation was in progress.
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