Nagpur, Apr 10 (PTI) A 15-year-old boy died of electrocution while chopping branches of a tree in Nagpur city on Saturday, police said.

The incident occurred on the Kalamna Ring Road in the morning, they said.

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Hidayatullah Hamid Hussain Sheikh was cutting branches of a tree for fodder when he came in contact with a live wire and became unresponsive.

After being alerted by a local, police brought the teenager down and rushed him to Mayo Hospital, where doctors declared him dead, said an official.

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The boy is survived by his parents and four siblings, said the police official.

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