India News | Man Dies After Coming in Contact with Live Wire in Bengal
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A 25-year-old man was electrocuted to death in West Bengal's Malda district on Saturday after he came in contact with a live wire while working on a high-tension line, police said.
Malda (WB), Sep 9 (PTI) A 25-year-old man was electrocuted to death in West Bengal's Malda district on Saturday after he came in contact with a live wire while working on a high-tension line, police said.
The deceased, identified as Dipankar Mondal, was working on a high-voltage line in Maheshpur area under the Kaliachak Police Station limits, and he died after coming in contact with the live electric wire, a senior officer said.
During the repair work, there was no power supply in the line, but all of a sudden, it became live causing the death of the contractual worker, he said.
One more contractual worker Ananda Mondal was injured in the incident, the officer said.
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Both the workers were taken to a hospital where Dipankar was declared brought dead, he added.
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