SRINAGAR — A policeman was electrocuted to death and another was injured in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday morning, official sources said.
They told news agency Kashmir Dot Com that one of the policemen, who died due to electric shock, has been identified as Javaid Ahmad and was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital, where doctors declared him dead on arrival. While another has been identified as Manzoor Ahamd, who was injured in the incident and is being treated at District Hospital Pulwama.
However, the events which led to the incident were not immediately known, sources said.
A police official confirmed the incident to KDC and said that investigation into the matter has been initiated. — (KDC)