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MUZAFFARGARH , May 22 (APP):A 23-year-old labourer was electrocuted while installing a water pump in a village near here on Wednesday.
According to local sources, the incident occurred in the Langer Sarai area of Tehsil and District Muzaffargarh when Muhammad Yaqoob, son of Manzoor Hussain, a resident of the same village, was extracting a pipe from a borehole as part of the installation process. During the operation, the pipe accidentally came into contact with 11kV high-voltage electricity lines.
As a result, Yaqoob received a fatal electric shock and died on-the-spot. Local authorities and rescue teams reached the scene shortly after the incident. The body was handed over to the family after necessary procedures.