Srinagar, May 09: A 20-year-old woman was electrocuted and another person injured when a high tension electricity line fell on them in Baramulla district of north Kashmir, a police spokesman said today.
The mishap took place at village Shirpora-Pattan, 30 kms from here, when the Power Development Department employees were installing the electricity line yesterday, the spokesman said.
The 11,000 volt line suddenly fell on Mehmooda Bano, a resident of Raipora village of Palhallan, they said, adding she died on the spot.
Another person identified as Mohammad Ramzan Wani of Shirpora was critically injured in the incident and was hospitalised, the spokesman said, adding a case has been registered in this regard.
——–PTI