KHAIRPUR: Man electrocuted

Published December 23, 2003

KHAIRPUR, Dec 22: A man, Essa, son of Arif Narejo, was electrocuted when he incidentally touched a live wire on Monday morning near Rapri Gambat taluka.

He was going in a tractor trolley to a sugar mill with other growers when the incident took place. The growers claimed that the wire was laying on the ground.

DEMO: Consumers held a demonstration in Ranipur against Hesco for unscheduled loadsheding for seven hours on Monday. They said there was a shortage of water in the town as motors could not run due to breakdown of power.

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