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Power Development Department employee electrocuted

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Press Trust of India Srinagar
A Power Development Department employee was electrocuted while repairing a transmission line in Kupwara district of Kashmir Valley, police said today.

Mohammad Amin Khan (55 ), working as a lineman in the department, received electric shock while repairing a high transmission cable at Renin village in Handwara, a police spokesman said.

Khan was shifted to a hospital where the doctors declared him brought dead, he said.

Police has initiated investigations, the spokesman said.

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First Published: Dec 08 2013 | 4:45 PM IST

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