Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 16 (PTI) A daily wage worker died after being electrocuted while shifting a makeshift arch erected across the road in Vithura near here on Sunday, police said.
The deceased has been identified as Prakash (44), a native of Chayam.
The incident happened at Chayam Junction around 9.30 am when the worker’s hands accidentally came into contact with overhead electric lines while shifting a decorative arch set up for a temple festival, police said.
Though he was rushed to Government Medical College Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram, he could not be saved.
Vithura police have registered a case for unnatural death and initiated an investigation.
The body is kept at the Medical College mortuary to conduct a postmortem on Monday, police added. PTI ARM ARM KH
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