07 August,2020 09:42 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
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A 27-year-old trackman of the central Railway died due to electric shock outside Masjid the station here early Thursday morning, a union leader claimed.
Sanjeet Kumar who hailed from Bihar was standing in the floodwater that had accumulated on the east side of Masjid Rail Over Bridge and checking a suction pump when he received shock around 2.45 am, he said.
"He was immediately rushed to Bombay Hospital where he was declared dead," said Venu Nair, a leader of National Railway Mazdoor Union.
However, spokesperson of the Central Railway could not be contacted for confirmation.
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