AHMEDABAD: Three labourers were electrocuted while putting up an electricity pole at
Rampara in Gir Somnath district on Saturday, police said.
Two others sustained injuries, said an official of the
Prabhas Patan police station.
The deceased were identified as Rohit Jadhav (18), Vijay Chavda (19) and Adam Sama (24). Their bodies were taken to Veraval Civil Hospital for autopsy.
The victims were contract labourers, engaged in work of erecting poles for providing electricity to farmers in the area.
They apparently received shock when the pole touched the high-tension wire overhead, the official said.
Representative image.
