Nayagarh: Tension prevailed at Nuagaon area of Nayagarh district Friday morning after locals staged a road blockade protesting the death of a youth who was electrocuted in the locality.
The deceased has been identified as Niranjan Pradhan of Khalamada village under Nuagaon police limits.
Sources said Pradhan sustained severe burn injuries after he came in contact with an 11-KV electric wire while he was going to defecate this morning.
Though the fire brigade officials reached the spot, they refused to rush the youth to hospital until electricity officials reach the incident site. Failing to avail treatment, Pradhan breathed his last on the site.
This spread resentment among locals as the body was left lying on the spot for three hours until the arrival of the police.
Angry over the incident, locals blocked the road in front of the CESU office at Nuagaon by keeping the body on road. Vehicular movement between Nayagarh and Daspalla were disrupted due to the road blockade.
However, no electricity official had reached the spot till last reports came in.
PNN