Man electrocuted trying to charge smartphone in Bengaluru

The incident took place when Srinivas tried to connect the charger of his smartphone to a socket on Friday morning. The Basaveshwara Nagar police have registered a case and are investigating.

A police officer said, “We suspect his hands were wet at the time. We are looking into whether a broken socket or a faulty charger led to the incident. We are awaiting the postmortem report. A team is also looking into the charger.”