A 45-YEAR-OLD casual labourer was electrocuted while trying to rescue a pigeon trapped in an electric cable in Malpur village of Gujarat’s Arvalli district bordering Rajasthan on Thursday, police said.
According to police, the victim Dilip Vaghela, a resident of Pandyavas area in Malpur village in Arvalli district, saw the pigeon trapped in an electricity distribution line in the market area on Rugnathpur Road of the village and climbed up an electric pole to rescue it.
“While trying to rescue to the trapped bird, he came in contact with the cable and got electric shock. He died on the spot,” said inspector Fulendrakumari Rathod, in charge of Malpur police station.
