India, Oct. 8 -- Unidentified discom officials were booked for negligence after a 31-year-old man was electrocuted by a high-tension transmission line hanging low in Palwal, police said on Wednesday.

The victim was identified as Manoj Kumar, a resident of Lohina village in Palwal's Mundkati area. He worked in a private firm.

Police said he had recently built his house and was watering the six-foot-high perimeter wall when the incident took place at 8.30 am on Tuesday.

Police said Kumar came into direct contact with an overhead 11kV transmission line.

A senior police officer said that Manoj's family members and neighbours heard a noise and rushed out to find him lying unconscious with severe burn injuries.

"They alerted the police, fo...