A man died of electrocution in Palpa on Tuesday. The deceased has been identified as Mahesh Rai (34) of Jantedhunga Rural Municipality-3, Khotang. DSP Birendra Thapa of the District Police Office, Palpa said that the incident occurred while he was working at the house of Jhabindra Devkota in Tansen Municipality-4.

Critically injured in the incident, Rai breathed his last during the course of treatment at the Mission Hospital in Palpa.