Man electrocuted in Baglung

DHORPATAN, Baglung, Nov 17: One person has died after being electrocuted in Baglung district. He was electrocuted after accidentally touching the live electric wire lying on the ground from an electric pole, said the police. The deceased has been identified as Bhajbir Nepali, 62, of Dhuwakhor Kaule of Nisikhola Rural Municipality. He died on the spot. 

Nepali was electrocuted when he stepped on a live wire laying on the ground at the site of the Nisikhola II hydropower project while going to the local market, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Madan KC, also information officer for the district police office. Local people reported the incident to the police. 

They blamed the negligence of the hydropower project for the death of the Nepali citizen. A team from the area police office, Burtibang reached the incident site, and investigations were underway, he said.