SAPTARI: A construction worker has died of electrocution in Rupani Rural Municipality in Saptari on Monday.

22-year-old Ranjit Sada of Dakneshwori Municipality-3 was electrocuted while setting up power lines for concrete roofing an under construction house at Birendra Bazaar, District Police Office informed.

Sada succumbed to injuries from the high voltage power line while he was being rushed to Sagarmatha Zonal Hospital in Rajbiraj.