Youth electrocuted in the river

By:Our Correspondent

Agartala, 06August, 2015 : In a tragic incident, a 17-year-old boy was killed by electrocution while fishing at river in Balaram Das para in Ambassa dub-division here today. The deceased was identified as Nirmal Biswas, police have said.Reportedly, the youth along with three friends had gone to Dhalai River for fishing by using hook-line. At the beginning of fishing procedure, Nirmal was electrocuted by the hook-line and died on the spot.Following the incident, the three others escaped from the place and informed the incident to his family members.After receiving information on the incident, father of the victim- Niranjan Biswas along with other family members rushed to the spot and recovered the youth from the Dhalai River. He was immediately taken to Dhalai district hospital but the attending doctors declared him brought dead, said police.