The police on Monday said that a 40-year-old Thane labourer died of electrocution while working on the bamboo scaffolding of a building in Dombivli area of Thane district, reported news agency PTI.

Following the incident on Sunday, police booked the work contractor and others under section 304-A (Causing death by negligence) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), reported PTI.