One labourer was electrocuted to death while another scorched during boring for installing water pump here on Sunday.
According to details, two labourers were engaged in doing boring to install water pump in Dera Changran of village Lagar in Sheikhupura when the iron bar mistakenly struck high tension power line passing over.
As a result, 36-year-old Waseem was electrocuted to death while 23-year-old Nadeem was scorched.
The body and injured were shifted to local hospital where the body was handed over to heirs after legal formalities and the scorched labourer was under treatment.