Hyderabad boy electrocuted after touching live wire

According to police, a class V student was returning home after school, when he came in contact with some wires hanging from the electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad.

School boy suffers burn injuries after touching a live electric wire which was dangling from an electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station in Hyderabad. Image for representational purposes. 

HYDERABAD: A 10-year-old student suffered burns after he came in contact with a live electric wire which was dangling from an electric pole at Mahatma Gandhi Bus Station on Friday. 

According to police, Rakesh, a class V student, was returning home after school, when he came in contact with some wires hanging from the electric pole. He received a shock and sustained burns. 

The police shifted him to a nearby hospital, where his condition is reported to be critical.