Delhi boy electrocuted after accidentally touching high tension wire

A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted Saturday when he came in contact with a high tension wire at his home here, police said

New Delhi: A 10-year-old boy was electrocuted Saturday when he came in contact with a high tension wire at his home here, police said.

Nitish Kumar, a student of Class 6, was playing on the terrace of his house in Swaroop Nagar area of north Delhi Saturday morning, when he accidentally touched a high tension wire.

His mother took him to hospital where doctors declared him dead.

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