Farmer electrocuted while digging a canal in Pollachi
Coimbatore: Balakrishnan, an agricultural labourer, was electrocuted while digging canal at Kullichettipalayam near Pollachi. Balakrishnan is from Kullichettipalayam village near Pollachi and works as an agricultural labourer. Thangaraj was digging a canal with a rock to allow water to flow into his farm. Balakrishnan was then electrocuted by a power line buried in the ground and died on the spot.
After the public in the neighborhood informed the police, the taluk police rushed to the spot, seized the body and sent it to the Pollachi Government Hospital for autopsy. Balakrishnan's wife Uma has lodged a complaint and an investigation is underway. The death of a labourer due to electrocution has saddened the people of the area.