Eight year old rag picker electrocuted while he was trying to pull the wire installed on transformer

Yogesh K Porwar & Sunil Lohan

An eight-year-old boy,ragpicker died of electrocuted on Thursday morning while he was trying to pull the guy rope installed to the transformer at Manchenahalli town of Gauribidanuru on Wednesday.

The Deceased Nagendra got electrocuted while he pulled a wire of the transformer which was just adjacent to a drain. While he pulled the wire it has came in contact with LT circuit and got electrocuted. There is no fault of BESCOM in this case.

Senior officials of BESCOM have visited the spot and waiting for the report from the Electrical Inspectorate on the accident.

Near the accident spot, Chikkaballapura- Gauribidanuru National highway work is going on, along with drainage work is also taken up. The boy had tried to pull the wire installed to the transformer.