BHOJPUR: A 12-year-old child was electrocuted in Khandbari of Sankhuwasabha district on Friday.

Umesh Budhathoki, son of Mohan Kumar Budhathoki, in Aarubote, Khandbari Municipality-2 received electronic shocks as a high-tension wire snapped and fell over him while he was grazing his cattle.

A police team has been deployed from the Chewabesi Temporary Police Post to investigate into the case.