: A six-year-old boy was electrocuted while playing in a residential township here, police said Tuesday.
On Monday, the first standard student was playing with his friends when he reportedly came into contact with a live wire near a lamp-post and got electrocuted, the police said.
A CCTV footage showed the boy collapsing near the lamp-post. He was taken to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, they said.
The victim's father is a software professional and the familyhails from Tamil Nadu, the police said.
A case under IPC section 304A (causing death by negligence) has been registered, they said.
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