Assam: Power dept staff electrocuted during repairing work on electric pole
Guwahati, Jun 26 (IBNS): In a shocking incident, an employee of Assam state power department was electrocuted on Wednesday while carrying out repair work on an electric pole in Assam’s Biswanath district.
The shocking video captured by some people on their mobile phones showed that the victim’s body in flames and his head separated from the body.
The incident took place at Biswanath Chariali when the victim was busy in a repairing works on an electric pole.
The victim was identified as Robin Das.
Later local police reached the spot and sent the body to the hospital for post-mortem.
“It is an accidental incident. We had already sent the body to the police station and sent for post-mortem. We will register a case and to start investigation,” Rakesh Roshan, Superintendent of Police, Biswanath district said.
Meanwhile, the Biswanath district administration has ordered a magistrate probe into the incident.
(By Hemanta Kumar Nath, Guwahati)
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