A fourteen year old girl, G. Pushpam of Keela Street of Umarikottai was allegedly electrocuted on coming in contact with a live wire that was lying on the ground on Friday.
The ill-fated girl was going to attend nature’s call in the morning hours when the incident occurred near Kaliamman Temple, sources said.
The body was taken to Government Hospital for post mortem.
The incident came to the attention of parents around 7.30 a.m., K.N. Ashok Kumar, relative of the victim and district coordinatorof Devendra Kula Velalar Kootamaippu, said.
The Tangedco personnel were replacing worn out power lines three days ago at Umarikottai and on Thursday evening a wireman of Tangedco was asked to remove the grounded wire from the accident site.
Despite being informed about this, the wireman was lackadaisical in removing the live wire thereby causing the death of the girl, he said.
He sought stern action against the wireman and demanded compensation to her family. Thattaparai police have filed a case against K. Vasak (52), EB wireman at Arockiapuram, Tuticorin under Section 304 (A) of IPC based on a complaint lodged by G. Jeyapal (66), father of the deceased.
The wireman has been placed under suspension, according to Tangedco sources.
