JHAPA: One person has died while another was injured in an incident of power leakage in Kamal rural municipality of Jhapa last night.
The deceased is Nepal Electricity Authority staffer Prem Khatiwada,55, of ward no. 3 in the same municipality.
According to the Area Police Office, Damak, Hikmat Budha, 49, also NEA staffer was seriously injured in the incident. They were renovating a transformer in front of the Kabeli Corridor Power House sub-station in ward no. 5 of the rural municipality, when the incident took place at around 8:00 pm, police inspector Khagendra Ekten said.
Khatiwada was declared dead-upon-arrival at the Lifeline Hospital in Damak while Budha has been rushed to Siliguri of India for further treatment.
Meanwhile, Police have begun an investigation into the incident.
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