LARKANA: A retired SEPCO employee Ghulam Nabi Jatoi was electrocuted while repairing electricity lines of Rahmatpur Feeder near Telenor Hotel here on Tuesday in the limits of Rahmatpur police station.

Area people informed the police who arrived and closed the power supply, removed his body from the pole and shifted it to the Emergency Department of Chandka Medical College Hospital. His heirs were also informed about the incident.

WAPDA Hydro Union leader Nisar Shaikh told newsmen that Ghulam Nabi Jatoi retired from SEPCO service sometime back and was a resident of Ayoob Colony but SEPCO authorities used to call him privately to repair the outdated cables because he was an experienced person. He said it is the sheer negligence of the SEPCO employees who did not close down the feeder before which was their prime duty which is why this incident has taken place. After necessary medico legal formalities the body was handed over to his heirs.