Man will get electrocuted whereas protesting in opposition to energy cuts in Sri Lanka: Police

A 53-year-old man, who was protesting exterior the personal residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the lengthy energy cuts within the nation as a result of ongoing financial disaster, acquired electrocuted after he climbed an electrical energy pole, police stated on Sunday.

The incident occurred on Sunday afternoon after the person in an inebriated situation climbed the electrical energy pole to protest the continued lengthy energy cuts within the nation and acquired electrocuted.

“He had climbed an electricity pole to protest when got electrocuted,” a senior police officer stated.

Sri Lanka is presently experiencing its worst financial disaster in historical past. With lengthy traces for gas, cooking fuel, necessities briefly provide and lengthy hours of energy cuts the general public have been struggling for weeks

On Sunday, the police additionally arrested over 600 folks in Sri Lanka’s Western Province for violating a 36-hour nationwide curfew and making an attempt to stage an anti-government rally to protest the nation’s worst financial disaster.

The Sri Lankan authorities on Saturday imposed a 36-hour curfew as a nationwide public emergency has been enforced forward of a deliberate anti-government rally over the worst financial disaster within the island nation that has hit the widespread man badly.

The nation-wide curfew has been imposed with impact from 6 pm Saturday to six am Monday (April 4), the knowledge division stated.