Lineman attacked after boy suffers electric shock

HYDERABAD: Residents of Munaganur village in Hayatnagar assaulted a lineman after a five-year-old boy accidentally came in contact with a live wire hanging from a pole.
The victim was identified as M Vignesh of Munaganur village in Hayatnagar. The accident occurred on Sunday morning when Vignesh was playing near his house. “He accidentally stepped on the electric wire that snapped from the pole last night.Villagers immediately separated the boy from the wire and rushed him to Kamineni hospital. His condition is critical,” Hayatnagar inspector G Srinivasa Kumar said. Following the incident, angry villagers went berserk and attacked the village lineman. The villagers claimed that they had alerted the lineman several times about the loose electric wire, but he failed to respond in time. The villagers sat on a dharna in front of the lineman’s office and they only relented after senior officials reached the spot and assured them to provide Rs 25,000 as compensation. Police have not yet booked any case as no complaint was lodged by the family members.