Deceased installing water motor, boring tube wells when power line fell. STOCK IMAGE
The deceased were installing a water motor and boring tube wells when the incident took place.
On January 29, three Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) workers were also taken to a hospital in a critical condition after they received an electric shock.
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FESCO spokesperson Tahir Sheikh had told The Express Tribune Muhammad Sarwar, Ahmad Sharif and Zafar Aziz were doing maintenance work at 132-KV Thikriwala grid station when the incident occurred.
A young man was also electrocuted in Rawalpindi on November 24, 2014.
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Police said Sajid Hussain was fixing an electric pole when he apparently suffered an electric shock.
The police shifted the body to a local hospital before handing it over to the deceased’s family.
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