India, Feb. 24 -- A 28-year-old lineman was allegedly electrocuted while working on an electricity pole in a residential colony in Dadri on Monday morning.

Power discom officials told HT that an inquiry has been initiated into the incident.

The deceased, Ravi (single name), a resident of Jarcha Dhoomanikpur village, was working as a contractual lineman with the Paschimanchal Vidyut Vitran Nigam Limited (PVVNL, Noida), said officials.

He had reportedly taken a shutdown before climbing the pole to fix a fault in Balaji Vihar colony under the Dadri police jurisdiction.

Locals told HT, the deceased was descending the pole when the power supply was suddenly restored, giving him a fatal electric shock. He suffered severe burn injuries and d...