A 22-year old student was electrocuted on Wednesday when he came in contact with an electric wire at his residence at Sector-23, police said.
The incident took place at around 11 am when Inderjeet Singh was doing some repair work and accidentally touched high voltage electric wires. Inderjeet’s brother rushed him to the GMSH sector-16, with the help of a neighbor. However, he was pronounced dead by doctors.
Doctors at the hospital informed local police about the incident and a case was registered. Deceased, Inderjeet Singh, was pursuing B Tech (3rd year) in a private college at landran, Mohali. His father works in Irrigation Department, said Jaspal Singh, In-charge, PP-2.