A 50-year-old man died of electrocution on Saturday morning after he allegedly climbed a transformer to restore electricity supply to his house in a village near Manapparai in Tiruchi district.
The victim was identified as Innasi, 50, son of Nallathambi, a resident of N. Poolampatti in V. Periyapatti village under Vaiyampatti limits. The police said he was a construction worker and was not an employee of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation Ltd..