Kanpur: A contract worker who was on a pole received an electric shock and fell 25 feet down. He died at Hallet Hospital; negligence is alleged.

In Kanpur's Govind Nagar police station area, on Thursday evening, Lala (48), a KESCO contract lineman who was climbing a pole to fix an electrical fault, suddenly received an electric shock. Upon being jolted, he fell from about 25 feet onto the road.