FAISALABAD: A quinquagenarian man was electrocuted in maize crop in the area of Lundianwala police station.
A police spokesman said here on Monday that a farmer, Zulfiqar Ali, a resident of Chak No 591-GB, had erected electricity wires around his maize crop to save it from wild animals. However, a 58-year-old man Ameer Ali Phatan of the same locality accidentally touched the wires when he went to the field to answer nature’s call.
As a result, he received electric shock and died on-the-spot before getting any medical assistance.
The police took the body into custody and started investigation for arrest of the accused farmer after registering a case against him, spokesman added.