Technician dies of electrocution while repairing Geyser machine in Balasore
by Subadh Nayak · KalingaTVBalasore: In an unfortunate incident, a technician died reportedly after getting electrocuted while attending a complaint of a customer in Odisha’s Balasore district on Thursday.
One Prana Krushna Behera, a resident of Arada Bazaar Ward 31 under Sahadevkhunta Police station limits of the district had reportedly called a technician identified as Achintya Behera of Sartha area to repair the Geyser machine of his house after it became unfunctional.
Soon after reaching the house, Achintya started repairing the Geyser machine, however, he accidentally came in contact with the live wire and got electrocuted. The intensity of the electrocution was so severe that the technician died on the spot before anyone could intervene to help him.
On being informed by Prana Krushna, a team of fire service and police personnel reached the spot and recovered the body after disconnecting the electricity supply to the house. Cops started a probe into the incident after registering a case of unnatural death.
Meanwhile, a pall of gloom descended on the locality following the unfortunate and untimely death of the on-duty technician, said sources adding that the police sent the body to the hospital for postmortem.