Vaibhav Hande, 30, a Shiv Sena shakha pramukh (branch head) was electrocuted at a Ganpati pandal in Andheri yesterday, the police said
Vaibhav Hande, 30, a Shiv Sena shakha pramukh (branch head) was electrocuted at a Ganpati pandal in Andheri yesterday, the police said.
The incident occurred in the afternoon, when a worker at the pandal suffered an electric shock while pulling a wire from the first floor of a nearby building to instal bulbs, said a senior police officer.
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Hande, who was standing close to the worker, rushed to his rescue but accidentally touched the live wire, added the officer.
He was rushed to a local hospital, where doctors declared him brought dead.
The Sakinaka police registered a case of accidental death, said the officer, adding that further investigation is underway.
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