North Lakhimpur: A 45-year-old man from Assam’s North Lakhimpur town died of electrocution on Tuesday afternoon after his fishing rod came into contact with an overhead high-voltage power line.
He was fishing on the banks of the Champora river at Mohbol village under Ghilamora Police Station.
The deceased was identified as Istiyaque Ahmed Baruah, popularly known as Riju. He was rushed to Ghilamora Hospital after the incident, but doctors declared him “brought dead”.
Ghilamora police took custody of the body and sent it to Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital on Tuesday evening for a post-mortem examination.
Baruah lived on Dhakuakhana Road in North Lakhimpur and worked in his family-run recovery service business, which operated cranes and lifters.
He was also an avid angler, a prolific cricketer and a social worker, and was known to many people in the area.
He is survived by his wife, a son and a daughter.
His last rites were performed at the North Lakhimpur Town Kabarstan on Wednesday.