A 25-year-old youth was electrocuted after he stumbled on a live wire near his house at Adityapur. The victim identified as Hareram Singh had gone to a walk in front of his house after having dinner.
The incident has taken place at Mohanpur near NIT, Jamshedpur campus. Though, the family members rushed the victim to Tata Main Hospital, but he was declared brought dead.
The live electric wire which claimed the youth’s life was an earthing wire which was connected to the house of Bhushan Prasad Singh, father of the victim. Assistant Sub-Inspector of Police, CB Kaithal, confirmed that the Hareram Singh died of electrocution. This was the second electrocuted death due to the fallen wire in and around the steel city. Earlier in January, a six-year-old boy was electrocuted with the JSEB’s fallen wire at Mango.