A 42-year-old farmer died of electrocution after coming into contact with a live wire that had fallen in his agricultural field in the early hours of Wednesday.
The deceased was identified as Mudavath Balu, a resident of Devunibanda Thanda in Farooqnagar mandal of Rangareddy district. According to reports, Balu went to his agricultural field
around 5 am.
He failed to notice an electrical wire that had snapped and fallen to the ground. When he came into contact with the wire, he suffered an electric shock and died on the spot.
Police reached the spot following the incident and shifted the body to a government hospital for post-mortem examination.