India, July 18 -- A 47-year-old man was electrocuted while repairing a reverse osmosis (RO) system at a private school in Noida's Sector 22, police said on Friday, adding that a case of causing death by negligence was registered.

Police identified the deceased as Umesh Tiwari, a resident of Sector 22. He used to run a water treatment plant and was involved in repairing RO systems.

Police said that on Thursday afternoon, when the RO system installed at the private school in Sector 22 stopped working, the school administration contacted Tiwari. He had been providing repair services to the school for the past several years.

"Tiwari reached the school around 4 pm. He touched the RO machine without realising that current was flowing through...