Mangalore : Yajnesh Shetty (20), a second year Engineering Student at Sri Devi College, Kenjar died tragically due to electrocution when he had been to the Ullal Nursing Home at Kudroli in Mangalore on September 15, Sunday night.

It is learnt he had been with a friend to visit a person who was being treated at the hospital for Malaria. According to reports he was electrocuted while his hands came into contact with a hi-tension wire outside the hospital, when he stretched his hands to throw a chocolate wrapper.

The hi-tension wires which were shifted during road widening are located close by the building and this is said to be the reason for the mishap. MESCOM officials have visited the spot. Barke police have registered a case.