Man Electrocuted to Death while Electrocuting Fish

 | Thu 26 May 2016 09:24 ICT

CityNews – The Sarapee Police Station was informed that a man’s body was found on the afternoon of Wednesday 25th in a pond in Sarapee district of Chiang Mai. A police officer went to the scene and found a shirtless man lying dead by the side of the pond. His hand was connected to an electrofishing device and connected to a live wire.

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After the police cut the power and collected the body they discovered that the deceased was 28 year old Supol Noja. Witnesses at the scene say that Supol told his friends that he was going fishing at the pond, which is near his office.

A several hours later, he had not returned so his colleagues went to the pond and immediately called the police and rescuers to recovered the body. After a preliminary investigations, the police speculate that he was standing in the water when he tried to electrocute the fish and accidentally electrocuted himself.