: An autorickshaw driver was electrocuted when he hung his wet clothes to dry on a metal wire, which was not properly earthed at his house in Mugudanchavadi area here, police said.
The 40-year-old man, who was reportedly in an inebirated condition, had hung the clothes on the wire when he suffered the shock yesterday.
He was taken to the government hospital here, but was declared brought dead, police said
The man is married and has three children, they said.
