Muzaffarnagar (UP), Nov 6 (PTI) A power corporation employee died on Friday due to electrocution while he was doing a repair work, police said.

Linesman Kiranpal received an electric shock when he came in contact with a high-tension wire at Kookra village, they said.

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He died of the spot, police said.

Several villagers protested over the incident and demanded compensation for the kin of the deceased, they said.

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