Mysuru: A 32-year-old bar bender died of electrocution at a building along Dr. Rajkmar Road in the city on Friday.

Lokesh (32) of Kadavegattihundi village in Varuna Hobli of Mysuru taluk is the deceased. He was engaged in bar bending work at an under construction building in Udayagiri yesterday  when he suffered an electric shock after the steel rod he was carrying came in contact with a live electric wire closeby.

Udayagiri Police have registered a case in this regard.