Tripura Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Saturday ordered a probe into the incident of the death of an engineer due to electrocution. Purnendu Bikash Datta, an engineer associated with Tripura Health Department was on his way home on Thursday when he came in contact with the high-tension live wire hanging from an electric pole located right in front of his house.

He was immediately shifted to a local hospital where the doctors declared him dead on arrival. Two days after the incident, Tripura Power Minister Ratan Lal Nath reached out to the bereaved family. He consoled the grief-stricken family and extended his condolences.