India, May 6 -- A 45-year-old construction worker died after being electrocuted while cutting iron rods with a machine at an under-construction site in S-Block, Greater Kailash-I, between 7 and 8pm on Sunday, police said.

The deceased, identified as Shankar Mandal, a resident of Katihar, Bihar, was reportedly standing on iron rods when an exposed, dangling overhead wire came in contact with them, officers aware of the incident said.

Mandal was rushed to the hospital by co-workers but was declared dead at Safdarjung Hospital. "We received information from the hospital at 2am on Monday. The body was shifted for postmortem. Inquiry revealed he was electrocuted while working with a rod-cutting machine," said Achint Garg, additional DCP (Sou...