Latest News | Mentally Unstable Man Dies of Electrocution in Thane

Thane, Jun 26 (PTI) A 35-year-old mentally unstable man died of electrocution while crossing a road in Maharashtra's Thane district, police said on Wednesday.

The incident occurred on Tuesday afternoon in Ulhasnagar town where repair work for a road and sewage line was underway, an official from Hill Line police station said.

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The man accidentally came in contact with an electric pole while crossing the road near an under-construction drain. Electric current was passing through the pole and the man suffered a shock, he said.

Some persons around rushed the man to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead, the official said.

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After the incident, locals alerted power authorities and electricity supply in the area was disconnected.

The police sent the body to a government hospital for postmortem and registered a case of accidental death, the official said.

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