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Press Trust of India Srinagar
A government employee was electrocuted while repairing a high tension electricity wire in Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today.

Power Development Department lineman Ghulam Nabi Reshi, a resident of Veer Saran, came in contact with a live wire while repairing high tension wire at club park in Pahalgam hill resort yesterday, a police spokesman said.

Reshi received severe burn injuries and was shifted to hospital where he succumbed to injuries, he said.

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First Published: Mar 29 2014 | 3:55 PM IST

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