Authorities said a menial employee of J&K’s power department who was injured while on duty succumbed on Friday.
Officials said the lineman, a dailywager in Power Development Department, had fallen from a utility pole in Bogund village of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district five days ago.
The victim was identified as Shabir Ahmad Dar son of Mohammad Ismail Dar. He was repairing electric line when he fell from the pole at his native village Bogund on January 9.
Dar was shifted to district hospital Kulgam from where he was referred to Srinagar hospital for advanced treatment. “On Friday morning, he succumbed to his injuries,” officials said.