COLOMBO (News1st) – A 38-year-old Indian national has died of electrocution at the shipping dockyard of the Colombo Harbour, police said.

He had died at around 8 p.m. yesterday, while on duty.

The individual had been in critical condition and had already succumbed to his injuries at the time of admission to the National Hospital.

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