Ludhiana, Jan. 3 -- In a serious lapse of safety protocols, a 44-year-old outsourced PSPCL worker, employed as a Complaint Handling Bike (CHB) staff, has sustained critical injuries after being electrocuted while working on an 11 kW high-tension line in Baddi Ladian under the Aggar Nagar division Unit 2 on Wednesday afternoon, officials said on Friday.

Gurmeet Singh is currently undergoing treatment at ESIC Hospital, the officials said.

According to PSPCL junior engineer Rajesh Kumar, Singh was changing a jumper on a transformer connected to the high-tension line when a sudden surge of electricity passed through. "We had shut down the feeder since midnight, but a local resident's generator backed the line. Singh came in contact with liv...