Hyderabad boy electrocuted after touching live wire

According to police, a class V student was returning home after school, when he came in contact with some wires hanging from the electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad.

Published: 22nd June 2019 09:01 AM  |   Last Updated: 22nd June 2019 09:01 AM   |  A+A A-

School boy suffers burn injuries after touching a live electric wire which was dangling from an electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad.

School boy suffers burn injuries after touching a live electric wire which was dangling from an electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad. Image for representational purposes.

By Express News Service

HYDERABAD: A 10-year-old student suffered burns after he came in contact with a live electric wire which was dangling from an electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station on Friday. 

According to police, Rakesh, a class V student, was returning home after school, when he came in contact with some wires hanging from the electric pole. He received a shock and sustained burns. 

The police shifted him to a nearby hospital, where his condition is reported to be critical.