An individual has died after being electrocuted by a power cable in the Kekunuwela area in Akuressa.

According to the police, the victim was electrocuted near a paddy field, when he was returning after hunting with a friend. The other individual has been take into police custody along with the firearm.

The individual drawing in the electricity into the paddy field is set to be interrogated by the police. The deceased was 28 years of age.

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