Mohan Kuthar

Daijiworld Media Network - Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Feb 23: In a tragic incident, a youth who was joyfully preparing to open a new garment shop died after suffering an electric shock inside the same shop in the heart of Thokkottu.

The deceased has been identified as Salman Farish (20), a native of Pajiru Bengodi Padavu and a resident of Pandeshwar, Mangaluru.

A new garment shop owned by Salman Farish at Smart City Commercial Complex in Thokkottu was scheduled to be inaugurated this Friday, and interior design work of the new shop was in progress. Even on Sunday night, electrical work was being carried out inside the shop at a brisk pace.

At around 1.30 am on Sunday midnight, Salman suffered an electric shock. Workers present inside the shop immediately rushed him in an auto-rickshaw to a private hospital in Deralakatte, but it is learnt that Salman died on the way to the hospital.

Ullal police visited the spot and conducted an inspection.