A Power Development Department (PDD) employee died while repairing a transmission line in Sheeri area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district on Monday.
Reports said that Muhammad Sultan, who was working as an inspector with the PDD, was electrocuted while fixing a fault at Sheeri receiving station today morning.
He was rushed to a nearby hospital where doctors declared him dead on arrival.
Sultan had reportedly received 95 per burn injuries in the incident.
A case has been registered at police station Sheeri in this regard, said an official.