Even after taking the shutdown, the current ran in the power line, the working lineman kept suffering by hanging upside down in the wires.
Haldwani. Rakesh, a 38-year-old lineman working in a high-tension line, got electrocuted today. The lineman agonized while dangling in the wires. How the current came in the line even after the shutdown was taken, great negligence has come to the fore.
People could not help him even if they wanted to. A person tried to rescue him from the pole, but he fell down from the wires in agony. The video is going viral in social media.
The lineman was working on a high tension pole near Bareilly Road. Suddenly it got electrocuted, in which the lineman was badly burnt. Who was admitted to Sushila Tiwari Hospital. His condition has become serious. JE Dheeraj Pant told that the shutdown was taken. It is being investigated that from where the current came in the line despite taking the shutdown.