Beltangady: A youth died after he was electrocuted when he was keeping his mobile phone for charging. The incident happened on 27th August, Sunday.
The deceased has been identified as Girish Gowda (21 yrs) s\o Devappa Gowda, a resident of Perlaru near here. He had a younger sister and was from an economically backward family. He worked as a laborer.
According to the sources, Girish took his phone to charge as the battery was low. He took out the wires of the water pump, which were inserted into the socket in order to plug his charger.
But, as the wires were inserted into the socket without the plug, he received electric shock while removing them. Girish died on the spot, due to the shock.