PDD worker electrocuted to death in Handwara; MLA Khursheed seeks probe
Jammu, Aug. 23 -- Share Tweet Share Handwara, Aug 23 (KNS): A need-based worker of the Power Development Department (PDD) was electrocuted to death while carrying out repair work on a power line in the Chogul area of Handwara, officials said on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as Sheeraz Ahmad Dantoo, a resident of Kulangam. Eyewitnesses said that Dantoo came in contact with a live wire during the repair work, leading to severe electric burns. He was rushed to a nearby health facility, where doctors declared him brought dead, they added. Meanwhile, MLA Langate Sheikh Khursheed expressed grief over the incident and called for a thorough probe into the circumstances leading to the worker's death.Terming the incident as "deeply unfor...
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