A 47-year-old man, engaged in repairing an electrical fault at a house in Chennai, was electrocuted on Thursday, November 9, 2023. The Abhiramapuram police have filed a case and are investigating.
Police said S. Murthy, a resident of Valleeswaran Thottam of Mandaveli, was an electrician who was repairing an electrical fault at a house when he suffered an electric shock. Immediately, the residents of the house took took him to a nearby private hospital where he was pronounced ‘brought dead’.
The Abhiramapuram police, on being alerted about the death, sent the body of the victim to the Government Royapettah Hospital for a post-mortem examination.