Man electrocuted in HP's Kangra

A 38-year-old man was electrocuted in Himachal Pradesh's Kangra district on Thursday, an official said.

Rakesh Kumar had come in contact with a live wire while working at an under-construction building near Navodaya school in Paprola of Baijnath sub-division on Thursday morning, he added.

The man was rushed to a nearby hospital, where the doctors declared him brought dead, the official said.