Man electrocuted in Kohat

KOHAT: A man was electrocuted in Surgul village in the limits of Jarma Police Station on Tuesday, local sources said. The sources said that one Sohail Khan was standing outside his home in Surgul village when the wire of the main transmission line broke down and fell on him, leaving him dead on the spot. Following the incident, the relatives and villagers gathered outside the office of the Peshawar Electric Supply Company along with the body and chanted slogans against the officials. The police registered a case and started an investigation.