India, Sept. 10 -- A 34-year-old man died of electrocution, while another had a narrow escape on Tuesday afternoon while working inside the elevator shaft of a four-storey residential building in Rohini Sector 21, outer Delhi, police said. The lift had been non-operational for over a month due to persistent seepage that caused water accumulation in its base.

Deputy commissioner of police (Rohini) Rajeev Ranjan said the Aman Vihar police station received a call around 12.54 pm reporting that two men were trapped inside the elevator of a residential building, and one had died due to electric shock while his body remained inside. The caller informed police that the other worker had managed to escape.

A police team reached the building at P...