Bantwal, 25 Apr 2015: A lineman working on repairing transformer was seriously injured when the short circuit caused by nearby inverter in a house, in Badyar, Pervai village, near here on Friday April 24.
Thirty-one-year-old Chandranat Bangera, a resident of Puttur was critical after the initial shock. He was working as lineman for MESCOM since the past 10 years, while he was replacing a fuse at the transformer; the electricity from inverter of a nearby house caused the mishap. The locals saved the lineman who was unconscious and admitted to a private hospital in Puttur through state-run ambulance service 108.
Vittal assistant executive engineer Praveen Joshi visited the spot.