Vadodara: A farmer died of electrocution after he touched electric fencing around a farm in his village when he went to answer nature’s call on Saturday morning.
Alpesh Parmar, a resident of Shankarpura village in Waghodiya taluka, went to answer nature’s call in open on the outskirts of the village when he accidentally touched the fence around the farm of Bhavesh Patel.
Patel and his farm’s caretaker Govind Parmar were booked for culpable homicide and under Indian Electricity Act at Waghodiya police station.
Police said that Parmar’s body was found lying against the fence by villagers.
His family members rushed to Patel’s farm on learning about the incident, but they could not take his body immediately as the fence was still live with the current.
It was only after the caretaker of the farm was found that the electricity connection was snapped and the body could be taken home.
Parmar had suffered burn injuries on his chest and right shoulder.
Patel lives at Karachiya near Vadodara city and Govind lives at Jarod.
The electric fencing was done to prevent the entry of animals on the farm so that the crop is damaged.