India, March 8 -- Unidentified officials of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam (DHBVN) were booked after a 53-year-old farmer died of electrocution after coming in contact with a low-hanging 11kV high-tension transmission line in Farrukhnagar on Friday, police said on Saturday.

The deceased was identified as Surender Singh, a farmer who lived in Tirpadi village in Farrukhnagar, police said.

Police officials said the incident took place between 2pm and 2.15pm when Singh was in his field with his nephew Rahul Singh, 24, carrying out irrigation work. Investigators said Singh was replacing an aluminium pipe of his automated irrigation system when it came in contact with the live high-tension wire, leaving him with severe burn injuries....