Pasighat: A 57-year-old Power Department employee died after suffering an electric shock while repairing a power-supply fault at New Borguli in Arunachal Pradesh’s East Siang district on Sunday night.

The deceased, Baramdeo Pandit, was posted at the Mebo Power Sub-Station and was attending to a fault in a gang insulator supplying electricity to Seram, Kongkul, Namsing, Gadum, Mer and other villages in the Monggu Banggo area of Mebo subdivision.

According to Mebo Power Sub-Station Junior Engineer Ajoy Pertin, Pandit suffered the electric shock at around 9.18 pm. He sustained burn injuries and a head injury after falling from an electricity pole following the shock.

Pandit was rushed to Bakin Pertin General Hospital in Pasighat, where he later succumbed to his injuries.

A native of Majilispur village under Allipur Hatta Post Office in Bihar’s Vaishali district, Pandit was the son of late Jhagaru Pandit. He joined the Power Department as a casual electrician in June 1988 and had been posted at New Borguli since 1991. He was promoted to Work-Charged (WC) electrician in November 2023 and had served the department for more than 38 years, Pertin said.

After a post-mortem examination and completion of necessary formalities, Pandit’s mortal remains were sent to his native village in Bihar on Monday afternoon. Power Department officials said the remains reached his home on Tuesday evening.

Pandit is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters.

Pertin said Pandit had been responsible for maintaining power supply across the Monggu Banggo areas under Mebo subdivision for several years.

“He was punctual, dutiful, sincere and a genuinely noble human being. His untimely demise is an immense and irreparable loss to the Monggu Banggo area in particular and to the department as a whole,” Pertin said.

Mebo MLA Oken Tayeng also expressed condolences to Pandit’s family, friends and colleagues.

Tayeng said Pandit had been living alone at his place of posting, away from his family in Bihar, describing his death as particularly painful.

“May the departed soul rest in eternal peace, and may the Almighty give his loved ones the strength and courage to bear this irreparable loss,” Tayeng said in a social media post.