FAISALABAD: Two people, including a Kabaddi player, were electrocuted in different incidents in Faisalabad during the past 12 hours.
A police spokesman said here on Tuesday that Kabaddi player Sajjad alias Shada was trying to remove a wire from a pole at Chak No.624-Haripur Buchiana when he received an electric shock. As a result, he became unconscious and was rushed to hospital but he breathed his last on the way.
Meanwhile, Muhammad Aslam of Chak No.280-RB was working as a mason in an under construction building near Adda Dawakhari when he received an electric shock from nearby high voltage wires.
As a result, he became unconscious and died on the spot. The police handed over the bodies to their relatives for burial after completing formalities, the spokesman added.