States »NortPosted at: Jul 25 2021 6:36PM

Two migrant labourers die of electrocution

Shimla, Jul 25 (UNI) Two migrant laborers have died after being electrocuted by a cooler late on Saturday night in Nalagarh, industrial area of Solan district, police sources said on Sunday.

According the police, the incident took place at a place called Pir. When a youth was filling water in the cooler. As soon as he got electrocuted, the friend who went to save him also got hit, due to which they both fainted. Local people took the injured to Nalagarh hospital, where the doctors declared them both dead.
The police identified the deceased as Gautam (28) of Ballia district UP and Mahindra (25) of Nogaur district Rajasthan. Gautam was working in a private company and used to work as a salesman at Mahindra shop.

DSP Baddi Vivek said that both of them have been handed over their bodies to the relatives after conducting post-mortom at Nalagarh Hospital.

Police registered a case and started investigation.
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