Labourer electrocuted in Lucknow

Lucknow, Jan 16 (UNI) A labourer was electrocuted and two others suffered critical burns, after coming in contact with a high tension wire in Madiaon area here this evening.

According to police, the victims were whitewashing a house at Srinagar Colony, when they came in contact with the power cable while trying to fix a ladder.

They were taken to hospital, where one of them succumbed.

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