Srinagar: A 16-year-old boy died after receiving a high-voltage electric shock in Wadder Payeen area of Handwara in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.
News agency GNS reported that one Furkan Ahmad Mir son of Aashiq Ahmed Mir, resident of Wadder Payeen received a jolt at his home this evening.
The boy was soon after removed to PHC Zachaldara where the doctors declared him as brought dead on arrival.
A police official in the meantime also confirmed about the death of the boy due to electrocution. (GNS)