Security guard electrocuted by room heater at Chandigarh’s Lala Lajpat Rai Bhawan, dies

A 60-year-old security guard, working for Lala Lajpat Rai Bhawan, Sector 15-B, for the last 25 years, died from electrocution after coming in contact with the wire of a room heater while on duty on Saturday night.

The deceased was identified as Suresh Kumar, a resident of Sector 4, Panchkula.

Police said he was turning off the heater, when he came in contact with a live wire and suffered major burns. The guard was rushed to GMSH, Sector 16, where doctors declared him brought dead.

While he was a resident of Panchkula, he lived at the bhawan only and had been using the heater ever since the severity of winter increased, police said, adding that further investigation was on.

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