Overview
- Arun Kumar, 32, was visiting a relative at Vasundhara Kritika Apartment in Girinagar on Friday morning when the incident occurred.
- He climbed a compound wall and used an iron pipe with a stick to reach the bird, touched a live high‑voltage wire, suffered a fatal shock and fell.
- Doctors at KIMS Hospital declared him dead; Girinagar police registered an unnatural‑death case and completed a post‑mortem.
- BESCOM, KEB and police inspected the site, and KPTCL briefly disconnected power, after which the bird flew off and was later rescued.
- Residents said they warned him not to attempt the rescue and later questioned the presence of a high‑tension line inside the apartment complex.