Electrician gets shock while on duty, head gets severed

Bareilly | Monday | 24th December, 2018

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Father of the deceased has given a complaint against the power department, blaming the officials of ‘negligence’. He alleged that the officials restored the power supply fully knowing that his son, Ashish Mishra, was working at the spot. Shahjahanpur: A 23-year-old contractual employee of the state power department was electrocuted and as a result his head got separated from his body while repairing a faulty transformer in Mailani area of Lakhimpur Kheri district.The horrifying incident took place on Sunday night. It was his task to check whether the supply was discontinued or not. The officials said that Mishra was standing atop the transformer when he got electrocuted by 11,000 volt current.Police said both the officials fled the spot and were informed by the locals about the incident..