In a shocking, an Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB)lineman died after he was electrocuted while carrying out a repairing work onan electric pole at the Basugaon region in Chirang today.

The deceased had identified as Dipak Rai, who was an employee of the Electricity Department was on routine duty when he got electrocuted.

After got electrocuted, Rai was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition for treatment but the doctor declared him dead.

The locals, expressing rage have condemned the incident and said that a man reached the top and started repairing the lines and suddenly got in contact with a live wire.