Tragic Incident: 22-Year-Old Student Dies of Electrocution in North Kashmir : SRINAGAR:A 22-year-old student died of electrocution in the Uri area of Baramulla district in north Kashmir on Wednesday evening after the tin sheets he was carrying came into contact with a high-tension line, officials said.
An official said that the incident occurred when the tin sheets accidentally touched an 11,000-volt high-tension line, resulting in a severe electric shock. “He was rushed to Primary Health Centre Boniyar, where doctors declared him brought dead.”
The deceased has been identified as Mohd Ishfaq Quraishi, son of Mohd Hanief Quraishi, a resident of Paranpeelan, Uri.
“The body is lying at the health facility for medico-legal formalities,” officials said. (GNS)