KANCHANPUR: A woman died of an electric shock at Paulah of Belauri municipality-7 in Kanchanpur this morning.

The deceased has been identified as Harina Chaudhary, 28. She reportedly touched a live electric wire while drying clothes to sun on a rope.

Severely injured, she was rushed to the Shreepur Primary Health Centre where she breathed her last during the treatment, said District Police Office’s Deputy Superintendent of Police Sagar Bohara.