Uri student dies of electrocution after tin sheets touch HT line

Srinagar: A 22-year-old student died of electrocution in Uri area of Baramulla district on Wednesday evening after tin sheets he was carrying came in contact with a high-tension line, officials said.

An official told GNS that the incident occurred when the tin sheets accidentally touched an 11,000-volt high-tension line, resulting in a severe electric shock. “He was rushed to Primary Health Centre Boniyar, where doctors declared him brought dead.”

The deceased has been identified as Mohd Ishfaq Quraishi, son of Mohd Hanief Quraishi, a resident of Paranpeelan, Uri.

“The body is lying at the health facility for medico-legal formalities,” officials said. (GNS)