A 55-year-old man was electrocuted in Arunachal Pradesh’s Itanagar Capital Complex district when he went to repair a transformer.

According to an official, the Lineman Ganesh Bahadur Chetry was among the three persons who had approached an 11,000-kv transformer in Naharlagun on Friday afternoon for some repairs.

Chetry succumbed, as he came in contact with the ground that was charged due to a short circuit in a 11,000-kv transformer.

Meanwhile, a case of unnatural death was registered at the Naharlagun police station and a post-mortem has been conducted.

The body will be sent to his native place at Assam’s Biwanath Chariali for last rites.